thring

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thring

/ˈθɹɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ

Where it comes from

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”).

verb thrings · thringing · thrang · thrung · thringed

transitive To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
Similar: mass, compress
intransitive To push; to force one's way.

Similar: throng, condense

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Similar: throng, condense

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@misc{thring_2026,
  title = {thring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}