glut
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1glut

verb \ˈglət\
glut·tedglut·ting

Definition of GLUT

transitive verb
1
: to fill especially with food to satiety
2
: to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
intransitive verb
: to eat gluttonously

Origin of GLUT

Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with GLUT

2glut

noun

Definition of GLUT

1
: an excessive quantity : oversupply
2
archaic : the act or process of glutting

First Known Use of GLUT

circa 1546

3glut

transitive verb
glut·tedglut·ting

Definition of GLUT

archaic
: to swallow greedily

Origin of GLUT

probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow
First Known Use: 1600

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