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gulley

1 American  
[guhl-ee] / ˈgʌl i /

noun

plural

gulleys

  1. gully.

gulley 2 American  
[guhl-ee, gool-ee] / ˈgʌl i, ˈgʊl i /

noun

Scot. and North England.

plural

gulleys

  1. gully.

Example Sentences

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It looks like there’s a gulley between me and the cup.

From Literature

I follow the one path that angles down and sure enough, before long, I’m in a gulley.

From Literature

As soon as I’ve climbed out of the first gulley, I descend into a second.

From Literature

"As we left the scene, the tide had already begun to fill the gulley - a surreal reminder of just how close this call was," they added.

From BBC

He had planned to ski Y Gulley or Diagonal Gulley from the Cairngorm Plateau.

From BBC

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