Home › Words › D › dringdringdring means A surname.EtymologyDialectal variant of thring.nameA surname.A townland in County Cavan, Ireland.A hamlet and townland in County Longford, Ireland. Irish spelling: Droing.nounA throng; crowd.A narrow passage.verbTo press; squeeze; crowd; push.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thring 81% match — To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze. vs dring →crowd 62% match — To press forward; to advance by pushing. vs dring →cram 62% match — To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. vs dring →thrutch 61% match — To push; press; shove; thrust. vs dring →serry 61% match — To crowd, press together, or close (rank) vs dring →becrowd 60% match — To crowd. vs dring →distrain 60% match — To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress. vs dring →hustle 60% match — To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle. vs dring →