welsh

Meaning

1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
2. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To go back on one's word.

Synonyms

welch

renege

swindle

Cambrian

Translations

walisisch

galés

Schmu machen

gal·lès

dolandırmak

gallois

Gallois

galloise

cambriano

Welsh

Wels

gallés gallesa

galesa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛlʃ/

Etymology

Sometimes suggested to derive from disparaging stereotypes of the Welsh (“people from Wales”), though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”) (probably from gypsy (“Roma”)), and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.