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👥 A large crowd 🫳 To force 🚶 To crowd together 🤏 To squeeze tightly
thring

thring

1 9.9
A large crowd of people packed closely together
  • noun
  • /θrɪŋ/
  • Archaic
: multitud
  • The protest drew throngs of people from all over the city to voice their concerns.

Examples

  • So conclusion time, should you join the throngs of people who have bought this sound bar?

  • And now she's got throngs of young men showing up at all of the gymnastic meats.

  • I didn't take three hours at the DMV because I had to push through throngs of worshippers.

  • At the concert, throngs of fans eagerly awaited the band's arrival.

  • During the festival, throngs gathered in the streets to celebrate with music and dance.

Synonyms

crowd
vsthring
∞ 1.0

Many people or things are close together in one place

is more tightly packed and pressed together
huddle
vsthring
5 3.2

A group of people or things crowded closely together

is a large gathering without implied disorder

How Crowded

thring
  • Archaic
1 9.9
crowd
∞ 1.0
gathering
203 1.0
group
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

thring singular
thrings plural

Etymology

Thring comes from an old word meaning 'to press' or 'crowd together' and is like the common word throng. So a thring is a tightly packed crowd, people pressed closely together.