"thrang" meaning in English

See thrang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈθɹæŋ/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/ (note: æ-raising) Forms: more thrang [comparative], most thrang [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋ 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. Busy, preoccupied. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-adj-MWDo9s9y
  2. Crowded, busy. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, rare Synonyms: throng
    Sense id: en-thrang-en-adj-XmrSBYxJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈθɹæŋ/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/ (note: æ-raising) Forms: thrangs [present, singular, third-person], thranging [participle, present], thranged [participle, past], thranged [past]
Rhymes: -æŋ 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, Northern England English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 12 65 5 Disambiguation of Northern England English: 9 23 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 11 45 6 10 10 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 56 5 8 8 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈθɹæŋ/ (note: without æ-raising), /ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ/ (note: æ-raising), /ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/ (note: æ-raising)
Rhymes: -æŋ 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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