thring

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

thring (third-person singular simple present thrings, present participle thringing, simple past thrang, past participle thrung)

  1. (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
  2. (intransitive, Northern England, Scotland) To push; to force one's way.

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