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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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The volunteer firefighters were on the scene last week when Kearns got caught up in the flow of a gully filled with waist-deep water, before being swept into a drain pipe that goes below the street.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
The child, whose age is unknown at this time, was playing in the yard when a gully that is normally just a trickle of water quickly swelled, reaching waist deep for rescuers, according to Alexander.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The Tractive app's option to play a sound from the collar eventually led Shannon to Ziva, who was stuck in a flooded gully and hard to see.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Noun
Effective water bars can prevent runoff from concentrating on these lines and causing trenches and gullies to form.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The volunteer firefighters were on the scene last week when Kearns got caught up in the flow of a gully filled with waist-deep water, before being swept into a drain pipe that goes below the street.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
The child, whose age is unknown at this time, was playing in the yard when a gully that is normally just a trickle of water quickly swelled, reaching waist deep for rescuers, according to Alexander.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The Tractive app's option to play a sound from the collar eventually led Shannon to Ziva, who was stuck in a flooded gully and hard to see.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for gully
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“Gully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gully. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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