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glut.

An excess, too much.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡlʌt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland[ɡlʊt]Northern-England/ɡlɐt/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡləʈ/India

  1. An excess, too much.

    a glut of the market

  2. That which is swallowed.

  3. Something that fills up an opening.

  4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

  5. A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

  6. A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

  7. An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

  8. A block used for a fulcrum.

  9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

  10. Five goals scored by one player in a game.

    UK
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

verb/ɡlʌt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland[ɡlʊt]Northern-England/ɡlɐt/Australia, New-Zealand/ɡləʈ/India

  1. To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

    transitive
    to glut one's appetite

  2. To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

    transitive

  3. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

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