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welch

noun
/wɛlt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Welich, variant of Walsch, from Old English welisc, wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz.

  1. inherited from *walhiskaz✻
  2. inherited from *walhisk✻
  3. inherited from welisc
  4. inherited from Welich

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.

  2. To fail to repay a small debt.

  3. To fail to fulfill an obligation.

    • I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?
    • MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.

    2. Archaic spelling of Welsh.

    3. A locale in the United States

      A locale in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

welcher

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for welch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA