welch

plural welches

1. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

   She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.

   Synonyms: welcher

present singular third person welches · participle present welching · participle past welched · past welched

1. To fail to repay a small debt.
2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.

   I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?

   1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)

   1 more example

   MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.

   1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)

alternative Welsh · alternative Walsh · alternative Walshe · alternative Walch

1. A British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname, a variant of Walsh.

   Haliey Welch is no stranger to popularity, having gone viral with the 2024 TikTok interview where she uttered the iconic ‘Hawk tuah…and spit on that thang’ line. Since then, the internet dubbed her Hawk Tuah girl, and Welch went on to start her own podcast – Talk Tuah.

   2025 August 12, Shuvrajit Das Biswas, “Haliey Welch, Hawk Tuah girl, joining Trump's White House press team? Truth behind viral post”, in Hindustan Times

2. archaicArchaic spelling of Welsh.
3. A locale in the United States:
   1. A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
   2. A township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
   3. A town in Craig County, Oklahoma; named for railroad official K. A. Welch.
   4. A city, the county seat of McDowell County, West Virginia; named for Confederate Army captain Isaiah A. Welch.
   5. A census-designated place in Dawson County, Texas.