thrang

English

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)

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

   Synonym: throng

Verb

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

1. (Scotland) To throng.

Etymology 2

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

Verb

thrang

1. simple past of thring

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θraŋ/

Noun

thrang (plural thrangs)

1. throng

Adjective

thrang (comparative mair thrang, superlative maist thrang)

1. busy

Descendants

• → Scottish Gaelic: trang

Verb

thrang

1. to throng

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)ɾaŋk/

Adjective

thrang

1. Lenited form of trang.