Definition of throng
- this throng of business
- —S. R. Crockett
grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng
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Shoppers thronged the mall for the sales.
fans thronged the field to celebrate the win
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
See Words from the same year: to go to (a place) in a large group or in large numbers
: to gather in a crowd or in great numbers
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