glut

1. 1.

   the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

   Synonymsoversupplysurfeit

   Broaderoverabundance

Other forms of glut

plural

gluts·

past tense or participle

glutted

present participle

glutting

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 glut

What does glut mean?

glut means "overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glut?

glut has 1 syllable: glut. In IPA it is /ˈɡlʌt/.

What is another word for glut?

Close synonyms include gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, stuff. 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 glut a common word?

glut 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.