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gully
1[ guhl-ee ]
noun
- a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a ditch or gutter.
- Cricket.
- the position of a fielder between point and slips.
- the fielder occupying this position.
verb (used with object)
- to make gullies in.
- to form (channels) by the action of water.
adjective
- Slang. of or relating to the environment, culture, or life experience in poor urban neighborhoods; vulgar, raw, or authentic; ghetto: Keepin’ it gully, for real!
Does your mama know what you’re up to on these gully street corners all night?
Keepin’ it gully, for real!
gully
2[ guhl-ee, gool-ee ]
noun
- a knife, especially a large kitchen or butcher knife.
gully
1/ ˈɡʌ±ôɪ /
noun
- a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater
- a small bush-clad valley
- a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree
- cricket
- a fielding position between the slips and point
- a fielder in this position
- either of the two channels at the side of a tenpin bowling lane
verb
- tr to make (channels) in (the ground, sand, etc)
gully
2/ ˈɡʌ±ôɪ /
noun
- a large knife, such as a butcher's knife
gully
/ ²µÅ±ô′ŧ /
- A narrow, steep-sided channel formed in loose earth by running water. A gully is usually dry except after periods of heavy rainfall or after the melting of snow or ice.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gully1
Origin of gully2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gully1
Origin of gully2
Example Sentences
He crossed a deep gully full of ember and ash to escape.
Harry Brook chopped on from his first ball and Root, so assured for 32, cut to gully.
Anwyl sent its best wishes to the family and said the gully cover had immediately been replaced.
Fire officials said the cause was arson and arrested Ronnie Dean Stout II, 42, of Chico, accusing him of pushing a burning car down a gully.
A satellite image showed a cloud of dust in a gully in the fjord.
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