GULLY


Meaning of GULLY in English

I. ˈgu̇li, ˈgəli noun

or gully knife

( -es )

Etymology: gully short for gully knife, from gully (from obsolete Sc. dialect guly, probably alteration of Middle English golet gullet) + knife

1. dialect Britain : a large knife (as a butcher knife or carving knife)

2. dialect Britain : sword

II. noun

or gul·ley ˈgəlē, -li

( plural gullies or gulleys )

Etymology: from obsolete English gully, gullye gullet, probably alteration of Middle English golet gullet — more at gullet

1.

a. : a miniature valley or gorge worn in the earth originally by running water through which water usually runs only after rains

b. : a small ravine in the face of a precipice

2. now dialect England : a deep gutter : drain

3. : a diminutive valley or gulch ; especially : a wooded hollow with steep sides

4.

a. : the part of a cricket field lying between point and third man

b. : a fielder placed in the gulley

III. verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

transitive verb

: to make gullies in : erode so as to produce gullies in

intransitive verb

: to undergo erosion : become gullied

IV. ˈgu̇li, ˈgəli noun

( -es )

Etymology: gull (I) + -y

dialect England : gull I

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