gully
(noun) deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gully (plural gullies)
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
A small valley.
(UK) A drop kerb.
A road drain.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
(UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
• gill (“cleft, ravine”)
gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
(obsolete) To flow noisily.
(transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.
gully (plural gullies)
(Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
Gully (plural Gullys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gully is the 14233rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2107 individuals. Gully is most common among White (61.98%) and Black/African American (30.94%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Gul"ly, n.; pl. Gulles. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain]
Definition: A large knife. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Gul"ly, n.; pl. Gullies. Etym: [Formerly gullet.]
1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.
2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] Gully gut, a glutton. [Obs.] Chapman.
– Gully hole, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water.
Gul"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gullied; p. pr. & vb. n. Gullying.]
Definition: To wear into a gully or into gullies.
Gul"ly, v. i.
Definition: To flow noisily. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
