NADIGIGS WORD OF THE WEEK - THRONG

WORD: THRONG [throng]

PART OF SPEECH: Noun

PRONUNCIATION: /θrɒŋ/, /θrɔŋ/, /θɹɑŋ/
[Thrawg]

SYLLABLES: (1) throng

MEANING:
- a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

- a great number of things crowded or considered together.

-  a pressing increase of activity.

SENTENCE EXAMPLES:
- Peter grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng

- a throng of memories.

- this throng of business — S. R. Crockett

ORIGIN: Middle English thrang, throng, from Old English thrang, gethrang; akin to Old English thringan to press, crowd, cognate with Dutch drang, Pressure, Old High German dringan, Lithuanian trenkti to jolt.

FIRST KNOWN USE: before 12th century.

SYNONYMS:
cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, crowd, bunch, congregation, gathering, sellout
assemblage, assembly, collection, concourse, jam, pack, push, everybody.

REFERENCES:
Oxford Learners Dictionaries.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Dictionary.com

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