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- [guhl-ee]
- /ˈgʌl i/
- /ˈɡʌl.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guhl-ee]
- /ˈgʌl i/
Definitions of gully word
- noun plural gully a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains. 1
- noun plural gully a ditch or gutter. 1
- noun plural gully Cricket. the position of a fielder between point and slips. the fielder occupying this position. 1
- noun plural gully a knife, especially a large kitchen or butcher knife. 1
- verb with object gully to make gullies in. 1
- verb with object gully to form (channels) by the action of water. 1
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Origin of gully
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
1530-40; apparently variant of gullet, with -y replacing French -et
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Parts of speech for Gully
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gully popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gully usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gully
noun gully
- trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- culvert — A culvert is a water pipe or sewer that crosses under a road or railway.
- crevasse — A crevasse is a large, deep crack in thick ice or rock.
- chasm — A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
- notch — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
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