galosh
To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshesTo walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
» Galoshes are impervious to water.
Калоши водонепроницаемы. — shanghainese
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1 sensesTo walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
Examples
2 sentencesGaloshes are impervious to water.
ruКалоши водонепроницаемы. — shanghainese
And I’m not sure there’s anyone better at yanking up their galoshes and trudging onward in the face of loss.
Origin
From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“a shoe with a wooden sole”), but itFrom Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche (“a shoe with a wooden sole”), but its further history is uncertain.
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Forms
galoshes, galoshing, galoshed, galoshedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.