gully
Meanings
Plural: gullies
Noun
- deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
- A large knife.
- An alleyway or side street.
Verb
- To flow noisily.
- To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Origin / Etymology
Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine" may have been influenced by Middle English gylle, gille, galle (“deep narrow valley, ravine”); see gill. Compare Dutch geul.
Alternatively, from a diminutive of dialectal gull (“fissue, chasm”) + -y (diminutive suffix). See gull, gullick.
Scrabble Score: 9
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Words With Friends Score: 12
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