thrang
/θraŋ
/adjective Scottish & Northern English
1Extremely crowded or full: it was thrang with a cool student crowd...
- Our glens were thrang with the laughter of children and the lowing of cattle.
- The diary describes the area as thrang with Scots mercenaries.
- The letters pages of newspapers are thrang with diatribes on both sides.
1.1Very busy: she had another grumble at how thrang she was...
- He's that thrang somewhere abroad he hasn't time.
- He is always very thrang, as there's always something to be seen to.
- We're terribly driven, since trade grew so thrang.
Origin
Late Middle English thrang, gethrang 'crowd, tumult', related to throng.