gauch

English

Verb

gauch (third-person singular simple present gauches, present participle gauching, simple past and past participle gauched)

  1. Alternative form of gouch (“feel drowsy due to heroin”).
    • 2011, Anna Smith, The Dead Won't Sleep:
      […] the familiar slur of a gauching heroin addict.

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin gaudium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡawtʃ/

Noun

gauch m

  1. joy

Descendants

  • Occitan: gaug
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