Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thring

/ˈθɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
thring
IPA
/ˈθɹɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.

Transitive verb

verb

To push; to force one's way.

Intransitive verb

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: thringen, þringan, *þringwan, *þrinhwaną, *trenkʷ-

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrings (present, singular) thringing (participle, present) thrang (past) thrung (past) thringed (past) thrung (participle, past) thringed (participle, past) dring (alternative, dialectal)

Frequently Paired Words

thrang throng

Synonyms

mass throng compress condense

Rhymes With

being something thing bring thinking king spring ring wing sing string swing

Questions

How do you pronounce thring?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹɪŋ/.
What does thring mean?
To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze.
Where does thring come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce thring

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “thring”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈθɹɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “thring”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “thring” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.