"thrang" meaning in English

See thrang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more thrang [comparative], most thrang [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thrang}} Middle English thrang, {{cog|non|þrǫngr|t=narrow, close, tight}} Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”), {{cog|en|thring|t=to press}} English thring (“to press”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)
  1. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Busy, preoccupied. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-adj-MWDo9s9y Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 35 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 30 22 3 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 23 2 3 3 3
  2. (dialectal, rare, Northern England) Crowded, busy. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal, rare Synonyms: throng
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-adj-XmrSBYxJ Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 35 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 30 22 3 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 23 2 3 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: thrangs [present, singular, third-person], thranging [participle, present], thranged [participle, past], thranged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thrang}} Middle English thrang, {{cog|non|þrǫngr|t=narrow, close, tight}} Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”), {{cog|en|thring|t=to press}} English thring (“to press”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} thrang (third-person singular simple present thrangs, present participle thranging, simple past and past participle thranged)
  1. (Scotland) To throng. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-verb-WFMIzRCp Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 35 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 30 22 3 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 32 23 2 3 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From thring (“to press, squeeze”). Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} thrang
  1. simple past of thring Tags: form-of, past Form of: thring
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-verb-iPiWNShW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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