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The definition of a gully is a narrow waterway.

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An example of a gully is a rain ditch on the side of a driveway.

See gully in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. gullies

a channel or hollow worn by running water; small, narrow ravine

Origin: altered < ME golet, water channel, orig., gullet

transitive verb gullied, gullying

to make a gully or gullies in

noun pl. gullies

Brit. a large knife

Origin: < ?

See gully in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. gul·lies

A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.

verb gul·lied, gul·ly·ing, gul·lies

verb, transitive

To wear a deep ditch or channel in.

verb, intransitive

To form a deep ditch or channel.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet, throat, channel; see gullet

noun pl. gul·lies
Chiefly British

A large knife.

Origin:

Origin: Short for dialectal gully knife

Origin: : gully (probably alteration of Middle English golet, throat; see gullet)

Origin: + knife

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