thring

T1H4R1I1N1G2
/ˈθɹɪŋ/

verb

To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.

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masscompressthrongcondense
OriginMiddle English thringen ← Old English þringan ← Proto-West Germanic *þringwan →
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Meanings

verbthring (third-person singular simple present thrings, present participle thringing, simple past thrang or thrung or thringed, past participle thrung or thringed)

present singular third person thrings · participle present thringing · past thrang · past thrung · past thringed · participle past thrung · participle past thringed · alternative dialectal dring

  1. transitiveTo thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.

    Synonyms: mass, compress

  2. intransitiveTo push; to force one's way.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.

Similar
masscompress
Similar
throngcondense
Also see
assemblecompresscondensepresspushsquishthrustwring

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*trenkʷ-“to beat, hew, press”
  2. Proto-Germanic*þrinhwaną“to press, throng, crush”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*þringwan
  4. Old Englishþringan“to press, squeeze, crowd”
  5. Middle Englishthringen
  6. Englishthring

From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thring

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Chicago

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