plural gullies
dialectal British
: a large knife
variants
or less commonly gulley
plural gullies
1
: a trench which was originally worn in the earth by running water and through which water often runs after rains
2
: a small valley or gulch
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 May 2025
The responders learned that a party of four climbers from Renton, which is a suburb of Seattle, were involved in a fall while descending a steep gully, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
Ten feet overhead in a desert canyon in Utah, a jammed log spanned the gully, left by a recent flash flood.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025
In 1967, attempting to push-start his car after a late night at work, Eversley careened down a gully and nearly died.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The climbers were descending a steep gully in the northern section of Early Winter Spire, a pair of rock formations in the Cascades some 150 miles east of Seattle, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 May 2025
The responders learned that a party of four climbers from Renton, which is a suburb of Seattle, were involved in a fall while descending a steep gully, the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2025
Ten feet overhead in a desert canyon in Utah, a jammed log spanned the gully, left by a recent flash flood.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025
In 1967, attempting to push-start his car after a late night at work, Eversley careened down a gully and nearly died.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Gully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gully. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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