Welch
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
"She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago."
- 1 To fail to repay a small debt.
- 2 cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt wordnet
- 3 To fail to fulfill an obligation.
"I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
- 1 A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.
"Haliey Welch is no stranger to popularity, having gone viral with the 2024 TikTok interview where she uttered the iconic ‘Hawk tuah…and spit on that thang’ line. Since then, the internet dubbed her Hawk Tuah girl, and Welch went on to start her own podcast – Talk Tuah."
- 2 Archaic spelling of Welsh. alt-of, archaic
- 3 A locale in the United States:; A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
- 4 A locale in the United States:; A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
- 5 A locale in the United States:; A town in Craig County, Oklahoma; named for railroad official K. A. Welch.
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- 6 A locale in the United States:; A city, the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia; named for Confederate Army captain Isaiah A. Welch.
- 7 A locale in the United States:; A census-designated place in Dawson County, Texas.
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More examples"She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago."
Etymology
Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.
Inherited from Middle English Welich, variant of Walsch, from Old English welisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.
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