welch

[ welch, welsh ]

/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /

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verb (used without object) Informal: Sometimes Offensive.

welsh.

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Origin of welch

First recorded in 1855–60; variant of welsh

OTHER WORDS FROM welch

welch·er, noun

Words nearby welch

Weitbrecht's foramen, Weizmann, Weizsäcker, wejack, weka, welch, Welchman, welcome, welcome mat, Welcome Wagon, weld

Other definitions for welch (2 of 2)

Welch

[ welch, welsh ]

/ wɛltʃ, wɛlʃ /

noun

James, 1940–2003, U.S. poet and novelist.

Joseph Nye, 1890–1960, U.S. trial lawyer.

Robert, Jr., 1899–1985, U.S. candy manufacturer: founder of the John Birch Society 1958.

William Henry, 1850–1934, U.S. medical pathologist and educator.

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How to use welch in a sentence

Welch, who is due in June, has been an athlete her whole life.
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For her part, Welch has continued to squat, deadlift, and overhead press during her pregnancy.
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It’s “the Wild West,” Welch said, reflecting a view shared by other advocates and congressional staff monitoring the children’s care.
“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities|by Dara Lind|April 1, 2021|ProPublica
The facility has held only a few children during the pandemic, and Welch said it’s possible that conditions have improved.
“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities|by Dara Lind|April 1, 2021|ProPublica

There are no such commitments in place for emergency facilities, according to Welch and congressional staff.
“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities|by Dara Lind|April 1, 2021|ProPublica
“Balko has been a kind of one-man category creator on this stuff,” said Reason editor in chief Matt Welch.
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I asked the Smith brothers to do an adaptation and they did an adaptation of The Death of Jim Loney, another book by Jim Welch.
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Jack Welch, who took over General Electric in 1981, left his perch in 2001, not long after he turned 65.
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“It was stuck in there by somebody, and nobody seems to know who,” said Welch.
Wisconsin’s GOP Secession Panic|David Freedlander|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Welch interrupted, offering a smile that signaled pure exhaustion and defeat.
The Heroin Hearing That Wasn’t|Abby Haglage|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He gives most of his attention to other kinds of manufacturing, in which Messrs. English and Welch, are very extensively engaged.
History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome|Chauncey Jerome
He describes some as "starvy, chapt, and cheany, as the basest land upon the Welch mountains."
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
I rose from my hammock early, and with my companion, Mr. Welch, sought comfort p. 155from a cup of tea.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton
Kemp-Welch was the only member of our party left, the rest proceeding homeward by another route.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton
They were exchanging reminiscences and Jimmie Welch was listening open-mouthed to their conversation.
The Pirate of Panama|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for welch (1 of 2)

welch

/ (wɛlʃ) /

verb

a variant spelling of welsh

Derived forms of welch

welcher, noun

British Dictionary definitions for welch (2 of 2)

Welch

/ (wɛlʃ) /

adjective

an archaic spelling of Welsh 1

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Medical definitions for welch

Welch

[ wĕlch, wĕlsh ]

William Henry 1850-1934

American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene.