"dring" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drings [plural]
Etymology: Dialectal variant of thring. Etymology templates: {{m|en|thring}} thring Head templates: {{en-noun}} dring (plural drings)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A throng; crowd. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dring-en-noun-aOVstlon Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, dialectal) A narrow passage. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dring-en-noun-4LNtyOvB Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: drang, dringe

Verb

Forms: drings [present, singular, third-person], dringing [participle, present], dringed [participle, past], dringed [past]
Etymology: Dialectal variant of thring. Etymology templates: {{m|en|thring}} thring Head templates: {{en-verb}} dring (third-person singular simple present drings, present participle dringing, simple past and past participle dringed)
  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To press; squeeze; crowd; push. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive Derived forms: dringing
    Sense id: en-dring-en-verb-4BkSyjyG Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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