Definitions for filch
fɪltʃfilch

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, liftverb

   make off with belongings of others

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. filchverb

   To steal, to illegally take possession of.

   Hey! Someone filched my noggin.

2. Etymology: From filchen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to fylcian, gefylce. Related to folk.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FILCHverb

   To steal; to take by theft; to pilfer; to pillage; to rob; to take by robbery. It is usually spoken of petty thefts.

   Etymology: A word of uncertain etymology. The French word filer, from which some derive it, is of very late production, and therefore cannot be its original.

   He shall find his wealth wonderfully enlarged by keeping his cattle in inclosures, where they shall always have safe being, that none are continually filched and stolen. Edmund Spenser.

   The champion robbeth by night,
   And prowleth and filcheth by daie. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.

   Who steals my purse, steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;
   ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
   But he that filches from me my good name,
   Robs me of that which not enriches him,
   And makes me poor indeed. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   His thefts were too open; his filching was like an unskilful singer, he kept no time. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

   He could discern cities like hives of bees, wherein every bee did nought else but sting; some like hornets, some like filching wasps, others as drones. Robert Burton, on Melancholy.

   What made thee venture to betray,
   And filch the lady’s heart away. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 1.

   The pismire was formerly a husbandman, that secretly filched away his neighbour’s goods. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   Fain would they filch that little food away,
   While unrestrain’d those happy gluttons prey. Dryden.

   So speeds the wily fox, alarm’d by fear,
   Who lately filch’d the turkey’s callow care. John Gay, Trivia.

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1. filch

   The following fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books written by J. K. Rowling.

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1. filch

   To filch is to steal something, especially something of small value, in a casual, secretive, or sneaky manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Filchverb

   to steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer

2. Etymology: [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Filch

   filch, v.t. to steal: to pilfer.—n. Filch′er, a thief.—adv. Filch′ingly. [Ety. unknown.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of filch in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of filch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=filch
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Filch
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=filch
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filch
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filch
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=filch