Meaning

2 senses

  1. To fail to repay a small debt.

  2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.

    prellen, bescheißen, linken

More definitions
  • cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Are you welching on the deal?

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  2. They welched on the deal.

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  3. Tom welched on his debt.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fail to fulfill an obligation:

Origin

Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.

Alternative form of welsh, from Welsh.

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Forms

welches, welching, welched, welched
Base formwelch · to welch
3rd person singularwelches
Present participlewelching
Past simplewelched
Past participlewelched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywelch
he, she, itwelches

Past simpleLesson

all personswelched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave welched
he, she, ithas welched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill welch

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt:welsh

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwelcher

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weirdlyweirdnesswelcomeB1

Dictionary 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.

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