thrang

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

thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang)

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

   Synonym: throng

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

1. (Scotland) To throng.

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

thrang

1. simple past of thring

• IPA^(key): /θraŋ/

thrang (plural thrangs)

1. throng

thrang (comparative mair thrang, superlative maist thrang)

1. busy

• → Scottish Gaelic: trang

thrang

1. to throng

• IPA^(key): /(h)ɾaŋk/

thrang

1. Lenited form of trang.