glut

1 of 3

verb (1)

glutted; glutting

transitive verb

1
: to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
The market is glutted with oil.
2
: to fill especially with food to satiety
glutted themselves at the restaurant buffet

glut

2 of 3

noun

1
: an excessive quantity : oversupply
a glut of oil on the market
2
archaic : the act or process of glutting

glut

3 of 3

verb (2)

glutted; glutting

transitive verb

archaic
: to swallow greedily
Choose the Right Synonym for glut

satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion.

satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

Examples of glut in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Requiem for the Featherweights The 2023 draft class was glutted with shifty, speedy receivers who wouldn’t weigh 180 pounds even after a never-ending pasta bowl. Mike Tanier, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023 In a story glutted with broad caricatures, Hunt and Liddy are maybe the broadest and perhaps the least inherently sympathetic. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023 In that case, our oceans could be glutted with rip-roaring cybernetic frogs, Jurassic-Park style. Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023 Luxury can swiftly glut. Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022 Now add on to that glut another category of product that stores have to deal with: returns. Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 June 2022 The internet is glutted with second-by-second countdown clocks and the mania is even spurring a hike in hiring by crypto firms worldwide. Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2020 Now, thanks largely to those export terminals, the global market is glutted. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020 That’s even as the market is already glutted, with prices down about 30% in 12 months. Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019
Noun
The glut has left people wanting to work through that excess of special bottles, and that includes toting those wines with them to restaurants. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2024 But the mass layoffs that started in 2022 have now led to a glut of talent on the market. Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024 But with rising concerns about how to pay back massive student debt, the glut of many more degree holders who are underemployed and increased unrest on campuses, this once coveted aspiration has come under serious reconsideration. Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024 Dismiss her brevity as cuteness and vibes, but her concision feels like an artful rejoinder to our daily data glut. Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024 The construction could lead to a glut of the older office buildings that companies will vacate. Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023 On Fiverr, an online marketplace for freelance services, a glut of listings has popped up offering agents potential leads on prospective buyers or sellers. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024 General Motors announced strong earnings this morning, comfortably beating Wall Street’s expectations in a fourth quarter buoyed by an unexpected sales glut and big cost reductions. Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024 But when that demand faded, a glut of supply plagued the industry. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb (1) and Noun

Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton

Verb (2)

probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow

First Known Use

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Noun

circa 1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1600, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of glut was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Glut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glut. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

glut

1 of 2 verb
glutted; glutting
1
: to fill with food to the point of discomfort : stuff
2
: to flood with more goods than are needed
the market was glutted with fruit

glut

2 of 2 noun
: too much of something

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