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throng (n.)

c. 1300, probably shortened from Old English geþrang "crowd, tumult" (related to verb þringan "to push, crowd, press"), from Proto-Germanic *thrangan (source also of Old Norse þröng, Dutch drang, German Drang "crowd, throng").

throng (v.)

"go in a crowd," 1530s, from throng (n.). Earlier it meant "to press, crush" (c. 1400). Related: Thronged; thronging.

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Definitions of throng from WordNet
1
throng (v.)
press tightly together or cram;
Synonyms: mob / pack / pile / jam
2
throng (n.)
a large gathering of people;
Synonyms: multitude / concourse
From wordnet.princeton.edu