I. ˈglət, usu -əd.+V verb
( glutted ; glutted ; glutting ; gluts )
Etymology: Middle English glotten, glouten, probably from Middle French glotir, gloutir to swallow, from Latin gluttire — more at glutton
transitive verb
1. : to feed, fill, or gratify to the fullest possible extent : indulge to the point of satiety or revulsion : satiate , gorge , surfeit
glutting themselves with food and drink
before he had quite glutted his great appetite — C.G.D.Roberts
the crowd, perhaps glutted with blood, is ominously silent — Claudia Cassidy
2. : to flood (the business market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand
selling glutted the market and cracked it — Lewis Nordyke
intransitive verb
: to feed upon something without restraint and to the point of satiety or revulsion : become gorged
sat by to glut and laugh — J.H.Allen
Synonyms: see satiate
II. noun
( -s )
1. archaic : the act of glutting or state of being glutted : full or excessive gratification : surfeiting
2. : an excessive quantity ; specifically : oversupply
when there is a glut in the wheat market — M.R.Cohen
the mounting glut of indifference — Claudia Cassidy
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps from glut (I)
archaic : draft , swallow
IV. transitive verb
( glutted ; glutted ; glutting ; gluts )
archaic : to swallow greedily : gulp down : wolf
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a block (as metal, wood) that is often tapered and that is used as a wedge or shim or lever fulcrum
2. : material (as a piece of canvas with a thimble or pieces of rope with a thimble or becket) which is sewed or spliced near the center of the head of a square sail and to which a bunt jigger is hooked in hauling up the bunt for furling
3. : a small brick used to fill out a course