welsh

1. 1.

   cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

   Synonymswelch

   Broadercheat

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language

   “the Welsh coast”

   “Welsh syntax”

   SynonymsCambrian

Other forms of welsh

plural

welshes·

past tense

welshed·

present participle

welshing·

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 welsh

What does welsh mean?

welsh means "a native or resident of Wales". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in welsh?

welsh has 1 syllable: welsh. In IPA it is /ˈwɛltʃ/.

What is another word for welsh?

Close synonyms include Welshman, Cambrian, Cymry, Cymric, Welsh Black. 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 welsh a common word?

welsh is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with welsh?

1 word rhymes with welsh. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.