welshing

noun

(uncountable) The Welsh language.

(collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales.

A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

An Irish surname, a variant of Walsh.

A town in Louisiana, United States, named for early landowner Henry Welsh.

An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States, named for an early settler.

verb

(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To go back on one's word.

adjective

Of or pertaining to Wales.

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.

Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales.

(now historical) Indigenously British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

(obsolete) Foreign.

Roots

wealhwelsh- · Old English · foreigner, Celt

Words related to welshing

walesn neath earldomn highlandn

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