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drygulches

drygulches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drygulch.

Meaning of drygulch

Verb

drygulch (third-person singular simple present drygulches, present participle drygulching, simple past and past participle drygulched)

  1. (US, slang) To murder; to attack, assault, especially in an ambush.
    • ‘Then one of them got into the car and dry-gulched me.’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, page 77

Questions about drygulches

What is drygulches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drygulches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drygulch.

Words near drygulches in the dictionary

  1. drygoodsmen
  2. drygulch
  3. drygulched
  4. drygulcher
  5. drygulchers
  6. drygulches
  7. drygulching
  8. dryhanded
  9. dryhouse
  10. dryhouses
  11. drying

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