thrang

Busy, preoccupied.

Adjective

  1. Busy, preoccupied.
  2. Crowded, busy.

    Synonyms: throng

Origin

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

Forms

more thrang most thrang

Verb Scotland

  1. To throng.

Forms

thrangs thranging thranged

Verb form of, past

  1. simple past of thring

Origin

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).