noun
lech
lehch
noun
1
A strong, lustful craving.
"He had a lech for anything sweet, not just women."
2
A lecherous person.
"The old lech kept staring at every woman who walked by."
verb
1
To behave in a lecherous way.
"He would lech after any woman half his age."
How to Use Lech
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA creepy, overly sexual craving or the person who has one.
When to use it
Informal and dismissive — used to call someone out, not a neutral clinical term.
Common pairings
a dirty lech
lech after someone
Word Forms
leched past tense, leches plural, lechs plural, Lechs plural, leches singular
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Etymology
A back-formation from "lecher" — people shortened the noun into a new, cruder verb and noun.