"welch" meaning in English

See welch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɛlt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-welch.wav Forms: welches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛltʃ Etymology: Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh. Head templates: {{en-noun}} welch (plural welches)
  1. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: welcher
    Sense id: en-welch-en-noun-bsoDt1Zw Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 54 31 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 32 14

Verb

IPA: /wɛlt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-welch.wav Forms: welches [present, singular, third-person], welching [participle, present], welched [participle, past], welched [past]
Rhymes: -ɛltʃ Etymology: Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh. Head templates: {{en-verb}} welch (third-person singular simple present welches, present participle welching, simple past and past participle welched)
  1. To fail to repay a small debt.
    Sense id: en-welch-en-verb-plKoYagS Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 54 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 55 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 60 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 60 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 64 21
  2. To fail to fulfill an obligation. Translations (fail to fulfill an obligation): vybodnout se [perfective] (Czech), vykašlat se [perfective] (Czech), vyprdnout se (na co) [perfective] (Czech), vypustit [perfective] (Czech), opominout [perfective] (Czech), luistaa (Finnish), rikkoa lupaus (Finnish), prellen (German), bescheißen (english: profane) (German), linken [colloquial] (German), vacilar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-welch-en-verb-4eqduN8o Disambiguation of 'fail to fulfill an obligation': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: welcher

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.",
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    {
      "form": "welches",
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        "plural"
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one."
      ],
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          "default",
          "default"
        ],
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          "obligation",
          "obligation"
        ],
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          "small",
          "small"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "welcher"
        }
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɛltʃ"
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        "To fail to repay a small debt."
      ],
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          "fail",
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          "repay",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)",
          "text": "I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)",
          "text": "MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched."
        }
      ],
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        "To fail to fulfill an obligation."
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          "fail",
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          "fulfill",
          "fulfill"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vybodnout se"
        },
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vykašlat se"
        },
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vyprdnout se (na co)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vypustit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "opominout"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "word": "luistaa"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "word": "rikkoa lupaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "word": "prellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "profane",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "word": "bescheißen"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "linken"
        },
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          "_dis1": "17 83",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
          "word": "vacilar"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "To fail to repay a small debt."
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        },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Czech",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
      "word": "luistaa"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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    },
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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      "word": "linken"
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      "sense": "fail to fulfill an obligation",
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