"thrang" meaning in English

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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, {{m|enm|throng|t=dense, thick, tight, constrictive}} throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), {{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
  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
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, {{m|enm|throng|t=dense, thick, tight, constrictive}} throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), {{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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From thring (“to press, squeeze”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|thring|t=to press, squeeze}} 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 16 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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