glutch

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English glucchen, a variant of gulchen (to drink greedily). Doublet of gulch.

Verb

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glutch (third-person singular simple present glutches, present participle glutching, simple past and past participle glutched)

  1. (British, dialect) To swallow.
    • 1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 43, in The Woodlanders[1]:
      And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and noboby will glutch down a sigh for he!

Noun

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glutch (plural glutches)

  1. (British, dialect) A mouthful.