glut
1 of 3verb (1)
ˈglət 
glutted; glutting
transitive verb
1
: to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
The market is glutted with oil.
2
: to fill especially with food to satiety
glutted themselves at the restaurant buffet
intransitive verb
: to eat gluttonously
glut
2 of 3noun
1
: an excessive quantity : oversupply
a glut of oil on the market
2
archaic : the act or process of glutting
glut
3 of 3verb (2)
glutted; glutting
transitive verb
archaic
: to swallow greedily
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- cram
- gorge
- sate
- stuff
- surfeit
Verb (2)
- bolt
- cram
- devour
- gobble
- gorge
- gormandize
- gulp
- ingurgitate
- inhale
- raven
- scarf
- scoff
- slop
- wolf
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 June 2022 The internet is glutted with second-by-second countdown clocks and the mania is even spurring a hike in hiring by crypto firms worldwide. Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2020 Now, thanks largely to those export terminals, the global market is glutted. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020 That’s even as the market is already glutted, with prices down about 30% in 12 months. Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019 Because the market is glutted, all buyers can demand purity standards at or near the level China has set. Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2019 The current milk landscape is glutted with options, but only because nobody is happy. Rachel Sugar, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019 And in a third poster, featuring Captain America solo, Evans is twisted in a pose that exposes America’s glutes to full effect. Alex Abad-santos, Vox, 18 June 2019 The nation’s courtrooms have been glutted with millions of collection lawsuits, many of which are backed by thin documentation. Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 28 July 2016 Krishna Pokharel, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, there has been negative news specifically pertaining to Bitcoin, including fears that the distribution of coins from the bankrupt Mt. Gox exchange could introduce a new glut on the market. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 As the industry faced a glut of giant theaters after years of overdevelopment, Regal declared bankruptcy in 2001 amid a wave of consolidation in the exhibition business. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Because people were driving less, a glut in supply resulted and is finally reaching consumers in the form of lower prices, Hart said. David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Supply chain challenges have left many retailers including Walmart and Target facing a glut of inventory that will take months to work through, meaning more and better product that usually would had sold can go to off-price stores. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 Britney Jean is remembered as a wash-out, because of a glut of miserable ballad goop. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 See More
Verb
Now add on to that glut another category of product that stores have to deal with: returns. Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 June 2022 The internet is glutted with second-by-second countdown clocks and the mania is even spurring a hike in hiring by crypto firms worldwide. Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 19 Mar. 2020 Now, thanks largely to those export terminals, the global market is glutted. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2020 That’s even as the market is already glutted, with prices down about 30% in 12 months. Fortune, 12 Nov. 2019 Because the market is glutted, all buyers can demand purity standards at or near the level China has set. Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2019 The current milk landscape is glutted with options, but only because nobody is happy. Rachel Sugar, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019 And in a third poster, featuring Captain America solo, Evans is twisted in a pose that exposes America’s glutes to full effect. Alex Abad-santos, Vox, 18 June 2019 The nation’s courtrooms have been glutted with millions of collection lawsuits, many of which are backed by thin documentation. Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 28 July 2016 Noun
Meanwhile, the company’s steel business slumped amid a global glut that drove prices down. Krishna Pokharel, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, there has been negative news specifically pertaining to Bitcoin, including fears that the distribution of coins from the bankrupt Mt. Gox exchange could introduce a new glut on the market. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 As the industry faced a glut of giant theaters after years of overdevelopment, Regal declared bankruptcy in 2001 amid a wave of consolidation in the exhibition business. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 Because people were driving less, a glut in supply resulted and is finally reaching consumers in the form of lower prices, Hart said. David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Supply chain challenges have left many retailers including Walmart and Target facing a glut of inventory that will take months to work through, meaning more and better product that usually would had sold can go to off-price stores. Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 26 Aug. 2022 Britney Jean is remembered as a wash-out, because of a glut of miserable ballad goop. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 As a result, the state is now awash in tax revenue, much of it from the industrial-scale farmers and retailers, and in marijuana, a market glut that has gutted wholesale prices and left farmers such as Barber unable to break even. Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb (1) and Noun
Middle English glouten, probably from Anglo-French glutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton
Verb (2)
probably from obsolete glut, noun, swallow
First Known Use
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
Noun
circa 1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1600, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
glut 1 of 2
verb
ˈglət
glutted; glutting
1
: to make very full
2
: to flood with goods so that supply is greater than demand
The market is glutted with new cars.
glut
2 of 2noun
: too much of something
glutted 1 of 3
adjective
as in gorged
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- gorged
- overfed
- overstuffed
- satiated
- sated
- surfeited
- stuffed
- overfull
- replete
- satiate
- full
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hungry
- starved
- starving
- empty
- famished
- undernourished
- underfed
glutted
2 of 3verb (1)
as in stuffed
to fill with food to capacity prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill Synonyms & Similar Words
- gorged
- stuffed
- surfeited
- sated
- filled
- crammed
- feasted
- gobbled
- cloyed
- guzzled
- gulped
- banqueted
- regaled
- gormandized
- pigged out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fasted
- dieted
glutted
3 of 3verb (2)
as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily it seemed that he could glut enough food to feed 10 men Synonyms & Similar Words
- devoured
- inhaled
- crammed
- gulped
- gobbled
- gorged
- scoffed
- scarfed
- slopped
- wolfed
- ravened
- bolted
- ingurgitated
- gormandized
- swilled
- overate
- pigged out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- picked
- nibbled
- pecked