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glutching

glutching is the present participle and gerund of glutch.

Meaning of glutch

Verb

glutch (third-person singular simple present glutches, present participle glutching, simple past and past participle glutched)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To swallow.
    • And now Robert Creedle will be nailed up in parish boards 'a b'lieve; and noboby will glutch down a sigh for he!1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 43, in The Woodlanders

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Questions about glutching

What is glutching the present participle and gerund of?
Glutching is the present participle and gerund of glutch.

Words near glutching in the dictionary

  1. glutaurine
  2. glutazine
  3. glutch
  4. glutched
  5. glutches
  6. glutching
  7. glute
  8. glute bridge
  9. glute bridges
  10. gluteal
  11. gluteal cleft

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