dingle

noun

Definition of dinglenext
as in glen

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  1. glen
  2. dell
  3. ravine
  4. gully
  5. canyon
  6. gulch
  7. valley
  8. gorge
Noun
  • Set in the modern Scottish Highlands, Laird is an epic family saga in which a proud Scot, Drummoch (Branagh), defies a shadowy American billionaire, Peter Bergstrom (Sarsgaard), hellbent on buying up the glens.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Travelers familiar with Scotland’s Isle of Skye may recognize this recipe for remote luxury, though rather than craggy cliffs and emerald-green glens, Noirmoutier is closer to a little slice of California.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of glen
Noun
  • The second day involved a long, scenic ramble along a winding path that climbed ridges, dipped through dells and crossed a log bridge over a stream.
    — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Definition of dell
Noun
  • Police said the vehicle then traveled down a steep embankment and struck a large tree before coming to rest in a ravine.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • On the way back, a vehicle in the convoy veered off the road and fell into a ravine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of ravine
Noun
  • But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Jansen then trapped Travis Head lbw for 14 after a review and Simon Harmer took a superb catch at gully to send back Marnus Labuschagne (14) with Australia reduced to 45-4 in 14 overs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of gully
Noun
  • When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There is a pleasant little trail from the test plot that goes through the canyon.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of canyon
Noun
  • The hikers climbed out of the gulch with help from authorities, according to authorities.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Plastic waste flutters and settles into gulches, catches in the fencing.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of gulch
Noun
  • Plans call for two large dams about 300 feet high, as well as nine smaller ones, holding water pumped from the Sacramento River and inundating about 15,000 acres in a valley northwest of Sacramento.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Finally, when the incentives for private investment still do not line up for certain projects, G-7 countries should use public capital to directly help mining companies escape the valley of death.
    — Tom Moerenhout, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of valley
Noun
  • Outside, the rocky surfaces of the gorge’s walls alternate between light and shadow while the river glints in the midday sun.
    — Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • For years, a leopard roamed the high mountain ridges and deep gorges in the sparsely populated region of southern Armenia.
    — Eric Niiler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of gorge
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