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thrang

/ˈθɹæŋ/

thrang adjective: busy, preoccupied. Also the simple past of thring.

Adjective

thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare) Busy, preoccupied.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, rare) Crowded, busy.
    Synonyms:
    throng

Verb

thrang (third-person singular simple present thrangs, present participle thranging, simple past and past participle thranged)

  1. (Scotland) To throng.

Also used as

thrang is also the simple past of thring.

Synonyms of thrang

Forms of thrang

Adjective
comparativemore thrang
superlativemost thrang
Verb
third-person singular presentthrangs
present participlethranging
past participlethranged
pastthranged

Origin of thrang

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

Words that rhyme with thrang

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Questions about thrang

What does thrang mean?
Thrang means busy, preoccupied.
What part of speech is thrang?
Thrang can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce thrang?
Thrang is pronounced /ˈθɹæŋ/.

Words near thrang in the dictionary

  1. thralls
  2. thran
  3. Thrandeston
  4. thraneen
  5. thraneens
  6. thrang
  7. thranged
  8. thranging
  9. thrangs
  10. thranite
  11. thranites

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