glutted

Variant of glut

glut definition

glut (glut)

intransitive verb glutted glut′·ted, glutting glut′·ting

to eat like a glutton; overindulge

Etymology: ME glutten < OFr gloter, to swallow < L gluttire, prob. ult. < IE base *gel-, to devour > Ger kehle, OE ceole, throat

transitive verb

  1. to feed, fill, supply, etc. to excess; surfeit
  2. to flood (the market) with certain goods so that the supply is greater than the demand

noun

  1. a glutting or being glutted
  2. a supply of certain goods that is greater than the demand

Etymology: < the v.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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