throng Definition

throng
noun

1. A crowd of people or things, especially in a small space; a multitude.

Thesaurus: crowd, multitude, mob, herd, pack, mass, horde, crush, swarm, congregation, assemblage, flock.

verb thronged, thronging

1. To crowd or fill.

Example: people thronging the streets
intr
2. To move in a crowd; to come together in great numbers.

Example: The audience thronged into the theatre
Thesaurus: mill, assemble, gather, flock, crowd, press, jostle, cram.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gethrang.