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Definitions for Welsh

[1] to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
[2] to go back on one's word: He welshed on his promise to help in the campaign.
[3] of or relating to Wales, its people, or their language.
[4] the inhabitants of Wales and their descendants elsewhere.
[5] Also called Cymric, Kymric. the Celtic language of Wales.
[6] one of a white, lop-eared breed of swine of Welsh origin that produces a large amount of lean meat.
[7] to fail to pay a gambling debt
[8] to fail to fulfil an obligation
[9] of, relating to, or characteristic of Wales, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English
[10] a language of Wales, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family. Welsh shows considerable diversity between dialects
[11] the Welsh (functioning as plural) the natives or inhabitants of Wales collectively
[12] a white long-bodied lop-eared breed of pig, kept chiefly for bacon

Words related to Welsh

fool, dupe, fleece, scam, shaft, cheat, bilk, stiff, gull, bamboozle, sting, trick, weasel, deceive, duck, dodge, flimflam, hoodwink, defraud, con

Words nearby Welsh

wellspring, welly, welp, wels, welsbach burner, welsh, welsh black, welsh corgi, welsh dresser, welsh harp, welsh mountain

Origin of Welsh

before 900; Middle English Welische, Old English Welisc, derivative of Walh Briton, foreigner (compare Latin Volcae a Gallic tribe); cognate with German welsch foreign, Italian

Other words from Welsh

welsh·er , noun
non-Welsh , adjective, noun

Word origin for Welsh

Old English Wēlisc, Wǣlisc; related to wealh foreigner, Old High German walahisc (German welsch ), Old Norse valskr, Latin Volcae

Synonyms for Welsh

bamboozle, bilk, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, dodge, duck, dupe, fleece, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, sandbag, scam, shaft, stiff, sting, trick, weasel, beat around the bush, cop out, pull a fast one, rip off, slip out, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, worm one's way out of