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Walt¹

  • /wɔːlt/
  • /wɒlt/

Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

Where it comes from

Clipping of Walter. The derogatory British sense is a reference to the fictional character Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered pushover who has wild fantasies about his life in various daring roles.

proper noun Walts · Walt.

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Walter.

noun Walts · Walt.

  1. UK, derogatory, slang Someone who impersonates a veteran (retired member of the armed forces). You're just a bloody Walt!

walt²

Where it comes from

From Middle English walten, from Old English wæltan, weltan, wieltan, wyltan, wiltan, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan, from Proto-Germanic *waltijaną (“to roll; roll about”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”). Cognate with German wälzen (“to wallow; roll”), Danish vælte (“to tumble; overthrow”), Swedish välta (“to roll; tumble over; overthrow”). Related to waltz.

verb walts · walting · walted · vault

  1. dialectal, intransitive, obsolete To roll; tumble
  2. dialectal, obsolete, transitive To turn; cast; hurl; fling; overturn

walt³

Where it comes from

From Middle English *walt, from Old English *wealt (attested in unwealt (“not given to roll; steady”), sinwealt (“circular, eternally rolling”)), from Proto-Germanic *waltaz (“changing; unstable”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn; wind; twist”).

adjective more walt · most walt

  1. archaic unsteady; crank

WALT⁴

phrase

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of we are learning to

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: walter, dewalt, father, wait, whirl, spin, twirl, sway, dance, glide, pirouette, foxtrot, rumba, tango, sweep, swirl

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@misc{walt_2026,
  title = {walt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/walt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}