EGAVE

galosh

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Meaning

  1. noun An overshoe or boot worn in wet weather: A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow. A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
  2. noun A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
  3. noun A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
  4. noun A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
  5. verb To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.
  6. verb ↑ Barnhart, Robert and Steinmetz, Sol, editors (1988), “galosh”, in The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology‎, Bronxville, N.Y.: The H. W. Wilson Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 419, column 2.
  7. verb ↑ Klein, Dr. Ernest (1966-1967), “galosh”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The English Language‎, eighth impression, Amsterdam: Elsevier, published 2003, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 303, column 1.
  8. verb ↑ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 2002.

Similar words

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Word family

galoshed galoshes

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