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WELCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does welch mean?
• WELCH (verb)
The verb WELCH has 1 sense:
1. cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
Familiarity information: WELCH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they welch ... he / she / it welches
Past simple: welched
Past participle: welched
-ing form: welching
... he / she / it welches Past simple: welched
Past participle: welched
-ing form: welching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
welch; welsh
Hypernyms (to "welch" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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