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glunch

glunch verb: to look sullen or glum; to frown.

Verb

glunch (third-person singular simple present glunches, present participle glunching, simple past and past participle glunched)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To look sullen or glum; to frown

Noun

glunch (plural glunches)

  1. (Scotland) A sullen or glum look; a frown.

Forms of glunch

Verb
third-person singular presentglunches
present participleglunching
past participleglunched
pastglunched
Noun
pluralglunches

Origin of glunch

Borrowed from Scots glunch, of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of glum or glump.

Questions about glunch

What does glunch mean?
Glunch means to look sullen or glum; to frown.
What part of speech is glunch?
Glunch can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of glunch?
The past tense of glunch is glunched.

Words near glunch in the dictionary

  1. glumpish
  2. glumps
  3. glumpy
  4. glums
  5. Glumsø
  6. glunch
  7. glunge
  8. Glunt
  9. Glunts
  10. gluodynamic
  11. gluodynamics

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