gurly

adjective

-li

-er/-est

1

Scottish : rough and boisterous:

a

of weather : stormy

b

of a person : uncouth and inclined to be surly

the gurly brute

—G. D. Brown

2

Scottish : gurgling

the sounds of gurly burns

Word History

Etymology

gurl + -y

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