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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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
California’s largest fire roars with no relief in sight
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
The catalyst behind this year’s largest fire is a burning car that authorities said a Chico man pushed down a 60-foot embankment into a gully last week.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
In fact, the massive, albeit picturesque, gullies were made because of poor farming practices during the 1800s.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Researchers narrowed in on a specific gully in the gorge after first finding hominin teeth on the surface during a field survey between 2010 and 2011, which Njao helped lead with Robert Blumenschine, professor emeritus of evolutionary anthropology at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Accustomed to flying in the gullies and canyons of Los Angeles County, the pilots understood what this meant.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
California’s largest fire roars with no relief in sight
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
The catalyst behind this year’s largest fire is a burning car that authorities said a Chico man pushed down a 60-foot embankment into a gully last week.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
In fact, the massive, albeit picturesque, gullies were made because of poor farming practices during the 1800s.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Gully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gully. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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