thring

Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɪŋ/

The English word “thring” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
To push; to force one's way.

Etymology

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”).

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