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glut

UK/ɡlʊt/ US/ɡlʌt/ uncommon uk
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

  • “She stuffed herself at the dinner”
  • “The kids binged on icecream”
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2.

supply with an excess of

  • “flood the market with tennis shoes”
  • “Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”
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noun

1.

the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

Phrases

  • mana glut

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