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Webster 1913 Edition


Glunch

Glunch

(glŭnch)
,
Adj.
[Cf.
Glump
.]
Frowning; sulky; sullen.
Sir W. Scott.
Noun.
A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Definition 2024


glunch

glunch

Scots

Adjective

glunch (comparative mair glunch, superlative maist glunch)

  1. frowning; sulky; sullen
    • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Volume 1:
      "But what's the use o' looking sae glum and glunch about a pickle banes?

Noun

glunch (plural glunches)

  1. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike.
    • 1780, Robert Burns, Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns:
      May gravels round his blather wrench, An' gouts torment him, inch by inch, What twists his gruntle wi' a glunch O' sour disdain, Out owre a glass o' whisky-punch Wi' honest men!