filch

Other forms of filch

past tense

filched·

present participle

filching·

third person

filches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about filch

What does filch mean?

filch means "make off with belongings of others".

How many syllables are in filch?

filch has 1 syllable: filch. In IPA it is /ˈfɪltʃ/.

What is another word for filch?

Close synonyms include pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is filch a common word?

filch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.