gully
/ˈɡʌli/
gully noun: a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
Noun (1)
gully (plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- Synonyms:
- gill
- A small valley.
- A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- A new drainage run and rainwater gullies are to be installed between the station and Oxford Road, with completion planned for December 1.2021 June 16, “Network News: Drainage work at Guiseley station”, in RAIL, number 933, page 19
- A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- Synonyms:
- box
- A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Verb
gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
- To flow noisily.
- To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Noun (2)
gully (plural gullies)
- A large knife.
- With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another[…]1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part IV (The Stockade), page 139
Proper noun capitalized: Gully
Gully (plural Gullys)
- A surname.
gully meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gully in Hindi
- गुल्ली
gully in Tamil
- நீர்க்கழிகால், ஓடை, சாக்கடை அடைப்பான், சாக்கடை மூடி, கொல்லையம்
gully in Marathi
- गुल्ली
gully in Urdu
- کھائی, خندق, تنگ وادی
More languagesFewer languages
- gully in Bengali
- গল্লি
- gully in Telugu
- గుల్లీ, గుల్లీకి, గల్లి చెయ్యడం
- gully in Malayalam
- ജലമാർഗ്ഗം, ജലനിർഗ്ഗമം, പ്രണാളി, മലയിടുക്ക്
- gully in Kannada
- ಕೊರಕಲು, ಕಮರಿ, ಕಂದರ, ಹಳ್ಳ
- gully in Gujarati
- ગુલ્લી, ગલ્લી
- gully in Odia
- ଗଲ୍ଲି, ଗୁଲ୍ଲି
- gully in Nepali
- गुल्ली, गुली, गुल्ली गर्न
Examples of gully in a sentence
- As roots clutch the gully soil and cling to the slopesides.
- “Steam fish, bananas, dumplings, gully beans and okra.” “You cooked that kind of food on a Sunday?
- The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully.
Synonyms of gully
Forms of gully
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gullies |
| alternative form | gulley |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gullies |
| present participle | gullying |
| past participle | gullied |
| past | gullied |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Gullys |
Origin of gully
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.
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
Words formed from gully
- California Gully
- Carey Gully
- Charlton Gully
- Cherry Gully
- Coopers Gully
- fern gully
- Ferntree Gully
- Flowery Gully
- Geegully Creek
- Golden Gully
- Green Gully
- gullick
- gulligut
- gully bean
- gully eductor
- gully emptier
- gully gut
- gully hole
- gully-hole
- gully-raker
- gully sucker
- gully trap
- gully wash
- gullywasher
- Hacketts Gully
- Horsnell Gully
- Jones Gully
- Kangaroo Gully
- Long Gully
- Maiden Gully
- Northern Gully
- Pile Gully
- Red Gully
- Rocky Gully
- Rudds Gully
- Sailors Gully
- Sandy Gully
- Sawyers Gully
- Sheedys Gully
- Smiths Gully
- Spring Gully
- State Mine Gully
- Tea Tree Gully
- Upper Ferntree Gully
- Waterfall Gully
Phrases with gully
Words that rhyme with gully
Questions about gully
- What does gully mean?
- Gully means a trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- What is gully in Hindi?
- Gully in Hindi is गुल्ली. See Gully meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gully?
- Gully can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gully?
- Gully is pronounced /ˈɡʌli/.
- What is the plural of gully?
- The plural of gully is gullies.
Words near gully in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gully (page history and authors); Gully (page history and authors); gully (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gully (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gully (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gully (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gully (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gully (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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