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glut I. \ˈglət, usu -əd.+V\ verb (glutted ; glutted ; glutting ; gluts) Etymology: Middle English glotten, glouten, probably from Middle French glotir, gloutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton transitive verb 1. : to feed, fill, or gratify to the fullest possible extent : indulge to the point of satiety or revulsion : satiate, gorge, surfeit < glutting themselves with food and drink > < before he had quite glutted his great appetite — C.G.D.Roberts > < the crowd, perhaps glutted with blood, is ominously silent — Claudia Cassidy > 2. : to flood (the business market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand < selling glutted the market and cracked it — Lewis Nordyke > intransitive verb : to feed upon something without restraint and to the point of satiety or revulsion : become gorged < sat by to glut and laugh — J.H.Allen > Synonyms: see satiate II. noun (-s) 1. archaic : the act of glutting or state of being glutted : full or excessive gratification : surfeiting 2. : an excessive quantity; specifically : oversupply < when there is a glut in the wheat market — M.R.Cohen > < the mounting glut of indifference — Claudia Cassidy > III. noun (-s) Etymology: perhaps from glut (I) archaic : draft, swallow IV. transitive verb (glutted ; glutted ; glutting ; gluts) archaic : to swallow greedily : gulp down : wolf V. noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : a block (as metal, wood) that is often tapered and that is used as a wedge or shim or lever fulcrum 2. : material (as a piece of canvas with a thimble or pieces of rope with a thimble or becket) which is sewed or spliced near the center of the head of a square sail and to which a bunt jigger is hooked in hauling up the bunt for furling 3. : a small brick used to fill out a course |