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thrang

English

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)

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

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland) To throng.

Etymology 2

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From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

Verb

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thrang

  1. simple past of thring

Scots

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Noun

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thrang (plural thrangs)

  1. throng

Adjective

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thrang (comparative mair thrang, superlative maist thrang)

  1. busy

Descendants

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  • → Scottish Gaelic: trang

Verb

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thrang

  1. to throng

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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thrang

  1. Lenited form of trang.
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