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/wɛlʃ/ · verb
(derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt..
"He can weasel out if^([sic]) it." Ibanez massaged her knuckles. "He can say Couch welshed on a deal, and didn't show, and that's why Karen got got. It isn't conclusive. I have another thing I can lay on him, but even the two combined won't do. We need a third smoking gun if we're really gonna smoke this son of a bitch."
Use welsh when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Welsh means (derogatory, sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt..
Common synonyms include welsh black, welshman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"He can weasel out if^([sic]) it." Ibanez massaged her knuckles. "He can say Couch welshed on a deal, and didn't show, and that's why Karen got got. It isn't conclusive. I have another thing I can lay on him, but even the two combined won't do. We need a third smoking gun if we're really gonna smoke this son of a bitch."
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