thring

verb — 2 senses

thring

verb

/ˈθɹɪŋ/

Etymology From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).

1

Northern England, Scotland, Dialectal To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.

2

Northern England, Scotland, Dialectal To push; to force one's way.

Synonyms
mass, throng, compress, condense
Related terms
thrang, throng

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