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gullywasher

gullywasher noun: an intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm.

Noun

gullywasher (plural gullywashers)

  1. (Midwestern-US, Southern US, US, Western, informal) An intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm.
    • "Then maybe some preacher got a tad too zealous on Sunday" Thinking of his " frog-strangler," Lucy said, "In Montana, we'd call this a gullywasher." " Gullywasher. I like that." She could hear him, up there on the island in Thomas Jefferson's ...2008, Jonathan Raban, Surveillance, Vintage, →ISBN, page 110

gullywasher meaning in Tamil

gullywasher in Tamil

சிறு தூறல்

Forms of gullywasher

pluralgullywashers
alternative formgully-washer
alternative formgully washer

Origin of gullywasher

From gully + washer. First use appears c. 1903.

Questions about gullywasher

What does gullywasher mean?
Gullywasher means an intense, but usually short-lived, rainstorm.
What is gullywasher in Tamil?
Gullywasher in Tamil is சிறு தூறல். See Gullywasher meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gullywasher?
Gullywasher is a noun.
What is the plural of gullywasher?
The plural of gullywasher is gullywashers.

Words near gullywasher in the dictionary

  1. gully-washers
  2. gullygut
  3. gullyguts
  4. gullying
  5. Gullys
  6. gullywasher
  7. gullywashers
  8. gullyway
  9. gullyways
  10. Gulmarrad
  11. gulmohar

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