glutchv.
/ɡlʌtʃ/, U.S. /ɡlətʃ/, Canadian English /ɡlʌtʃ/ English regional (south-western) and Newfoundland dialect.
transitive. To swallow, esp. painfully or with difficulty; to gulp down. Also absol. Cf. glut v.2
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > swallow
swallowc1000
overswallowa1400
engluta1492
slup1598
deglute1599
to take down1603
glut-glut1650
quilta1658
to get down1662
regurgitate1670
reswallow1792
to take on board1813
glutch1825
down1852
deglutate1867
1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 374 Glutch, to swallow.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. x. 211 Nobody will glutch down a sigh for he.
1895 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 8 29 My throat is so sore that I can't glutch anything.
1924 G. A. England Vikings of Ice x. 125 Uncle Edgar Tucker..protested that he was so hoarse he could ‘'ardly glutch’.
1973 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 10 Oct. 3 They may say the Newfoundland people..will glutch down more than a saddleback gull without gagging.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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