throng
noun/θrɒŋ/
/θrɔːŋ/
(literary)- a crowd of people
- We pushed our way through the throng.
- He was met by a throng of journalists and photographers.
Extra Examples- She was lost in the throng.
- Shopkeepers were closing up and joining the throng in the streets.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- assembled
- gathered
- join
- among/through the throng
- in the throng
- into the throng
- …
Word OriginOld English (ge)thrang ‘crowd, tumult’, of Germanic origin. The early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘press violently, force one's way’.Want to learn more?
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