glut

[ gluht ]

/ glʌt /

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verb (used with object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.

to feed or fill to excess; cloy.

to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.

to choke up: to glut a channel.

verb (used without object), glut·ted, glut·ting.

to eat to satiety or to excess.

noun

a full supply.

an excessive supply or amount; surfeit.

an act of glutting or the state of being glutted.

OTHER WORDS FOR glut

1 surfeit, stuff, satiate.

5 gorge, cram.

7 surplus, excess, superabundance.

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Origin of glut

1275–1325; Middle English gluten, back formation from glutunglutton¹

OTHER WORDS FROM glut

glut·ting·ly, adverbo·ver·glut, verb (used with object), o·ver·glut·ted, o·ver·glut·ting.un·glut·ted, adjective

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How to use glut in a sentence

In April, the price of a barrel of oil even went negative for the first time ever in a fluky moment where a glut of futures contracts chased nonexistent bidders.
From Bitcoin to Asian tech stocks, these are the biggest winners and losers of the 2020 global markets|Bernhard Warner|January 1, 2021|Fortune
This glut of SPAC listings means that some of the new shell companies will be unable to find a suitable target to acquire—or will overpay for a mediocre firm, stiffing investors in the process.
Glut of SPACs will lead to ‘heartbreak,’ say IPO experts|Jeff|December 1, 2020|Fortune
The perceived NFL quarterback crisis from the mid-2010s has been replaced by a glut.
Rookie QBs were expected to struggle this year. Instead they’re setting a record pace.|Adam Kilgore|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
One of the more popular theories is the glut of games has pushed people to choose between watching Sunday Night Football or the NBA Finals.
TV networks face loss of affiliate revenue in shift to streaming|Tim Peterson|October 21, 2020|Digiday

While good times can mean that Encore collects on more debt than it expected, bad times typically bring a glut of people suffering under loans they cannot repay.
Debt Collectors Have Made a Fortune This Year. Now They’re Coming for More.|by Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen|October 5, 2020|ProPublica
The tiger, on the contrary, though glutted with carnage, has still an insatiate thirst for blood; his rancour has no intervals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
They are equally indolent and cowardly, when glutted with prey; and they seldom attack men unless they find them asleep.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
The truth is, I fear, that the market has been glutted and the business overdone.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard
He has killed many of his enemies; he has glutted his vengeance fully; he has drunk blood in plenteous draughts.
Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian|Anonymous
He drew a long breath to relieve his overburdened heart, and glutted his eyes in ecstasy on every side.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II)|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for glut

glut

/ (ɡlʌt) /

noun

an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price

the act of glutting or state of being glutted

verb gluts, glutting or glutted (tr)

to feed or supply beyond capacity

to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it

to cram full or choke upto glut a passage

Derived forms of glut

gluttingly, adverb

Word Origin for glut

C14: probably from Old French gloutir, from Latin gluttīre; see glutton 1

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Cultural definitions for glut

glut

An oversupply of goods on the market.

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