thronging

UK: /ˈθrɒŋɪŋ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

throng /θrɔŋ, θrɑŋ/   n. [countable]

1. a great crowd of people:
   A throng of people surrounded the Pope.

v. 

2. to assemble in large numbers;
   crowd:
   [no object] A huge crowd thronged outside to see the accident.
3. to fill with or as if with a crowd:
   [~ + object] A huge crowd thronged downtown to protest his visit.
4. to press upon;
   jostle:
   [~ + object] The crowd thronged the movie star.

Synonyms

See crowd.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

throng  (thrông, throng), n. 

1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together;
   crowd.
2. a great number of things crowded or considered together:
   a throng of memories.
3. Scottish Terms [Chiefly Scot.] pressure, as of work.

v.i. 

4. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers;
   crowd.

v.t. 

5. to crowd or press upon;
   jostle.
6. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd:
   He thronged the picture with stars.
7. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
8. to fill by crowding or pressing into:
   They thronged the small room.

adj. Scot. and North Eng. 

9. Scottish Terms filled with people or objects;
   crowded.
10. Scottish Terms (of time) filled with things to do;
    busy.

• bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English gethrang; cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang pressure, Old Norse thrǫng throng; (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal) Middle English; akin to the noun, nominal; compare obsolete thring to press

Synonyms

• 1. horde, host; assemblage. See crowd. ¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

throng / θrɒŋ/ noun

1. a great number of people or things crowded together

verb

1. to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd
2. (transitive) to hem in (a person); jostle

Etymology: Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd