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drygulching

drygulching is the present participle and gerund 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 drygulching

What is drygulching the present participle and gerund of?
Drygulching is the present participle and gerund of drygulch.

Words near drygulching in the dictionary

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

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