thronging

English

Verb

thronging

1. present participle and gerund of throng

Noun

thronging (plural throngings)

1. The act of those who throng or form a crowd.
   • c. 1614, John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene v:

     Tooth-drawers' bills, and tedious proclamations / In meal-markets, with throngings to see cutpurses […]

Adjective

thronging (comparative more thronging, superlative most thronging)

1. Of something that throngs.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 312:

     Look at the arduous exertion required of middle life; the thronging anxieties that spring up for others more than for ourselves;...