Associations to the word «Glutton»
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Wiktionary
GLUTTON, adjective. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
GLUTTON, noun. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.
GLUTTON, noun. (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess
GLUTTON, noun. The wolverine, Gulo gulo, of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
GLUTTON, verb. (archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.
GLUTTON, verb. (obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.
GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT, noun. (idiomatic) One persistent in an effort in spite of harmful or unpleasant results.
Dictionary definition
GLUTTON, noun. A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
GLUTTON, noun. Musteline mammal of northern Eurasia.
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