glut

Etymology

From Middle English glotien, from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian глотать (glotatʹ, “to swallow”).

noun

1. An excess, too much.
   a glut of the market
   Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat of last weekend's Premier League goal glut would have to look beyond St Andrew's. February 12, 2011, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC
   “The glut is getting bigger every day, and now you’re starting to have to compete more on price,” says Jim Mikesell, Dog Star’s CEO. The company is looking into other uses for its crop. 2020-04-23, Aarian Marshall, “Why Farmers Are Dumping Milk, Even as People Go Hungry”, in Wired
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening.
4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
7. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
10. (Britain, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
    Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'. Oct 23, 2020, “What is a brace in soccer?”, in Goal

verb

1. (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
   to glut one's appetite
2. (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
3. (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.