galosh
/ɡəˈlɒʃ/
galosh noun: a waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
Noun
galosh (plural galoshes)
- A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
- A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
- Synonyms:
- gumboot, Wellington boots
- A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
Verb
galosh (third-person singular simple present galoshes, present participle galoshing, simple past and past participle galoshed)
- To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
- My mother, at the age of seventeen, took them on single-handed, galoshing her way through the mud with bundles of tracts, not necessarily religious but always uplifting, and generous supplies of calves' foot jelly.1979, Penelope Mortimer, About Time: An Aspect of Autobiography, page 36
galosh meaning in Urdu and Kannada
galosh in Urdu
- جوتا پوش
galosh in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ಕೆರ, ಮೇಲ್ಕೆರ್ಪು
Synonyms of galosh
Forms of galosh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | galoshes |
| alternative form | galoche |
| alternative form | galoshe |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | galoshes |
| present participle | galoshing |
| past participle | galoshed |
| past | galoshed |
Origin of galosh
From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“a shoe with a wooden sole”), but its further history is uncertain. further theories * From Vulgar Latin *galopium or Late Latin calopedia (“a wooden shoe; a shoe with a wooden sole”), from Ancient Greek κᾱλοπόδιον (kālopódion), diminutive of κᾱλόπους (kālópous, “shoemaker's block”), compound of κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). (More at holt and foot.) * From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of Latin gallica (solea) (“Gallic (sandal)”). * From Old French galette (“flat round cake”), from galet (“pebble”).
Words that rhyme with galosh
Questions about galosh
- What does galosh mean?
- Galosh means a waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
- What is galosh in Urdu?
- Galosh in Urdu is جوتا پوش. See Galosh meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is galosh?
- Galosh can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce galosh?
- Galosh is pronounced /ɡəˈlɒʃ/.
- What is the plural of galosh?
- The plural of galosh is galoshes.
Words near galosh in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: galosh (page history and authors); galosh (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); galosh (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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