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[ guhlch ] SHOW IPA
/ gʌltʃ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.
Origin of gulch 1825–35; compare British dialect gulch, gulsh to run with a full stream, gush, (of land) to sink in, Middle English gulchen to spew forth, gush; expressive word akin to gulp, gush, etc.
Words nearby gulch gul, gula, gulag, gular, Gulbenkian, gulch , gulden, Gülek Bogaz, gules, gulf, Gulf Cooperation Council
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Example sentences from the Web for gulch But there turned out to be, if not a cliff, at least a gulch still embedded in the deal.
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I don't mean to imply that doctors are all going to move to Galt's Gulch .
The Future of the MD | Megan McArdle| January 23, 2013| DAILY BEAST
"Why do you think of a gulch when—" She stopped with a sudden recollection that he was not used to persiflage.
A Mountain Woman and Others | (AKA Elia Wilkinson) Elia W. Peattie
Coming to the gulch 's head, to be sure, they found vacant ground, but refused to claim such unpromising territory.
The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure | Rex Beach
He shook his head and threw the weapon down the gulch , where it clattered on the rocks.
Bruce of the Circle A | Harold Titus
The site is divided by a gulch on the upstream side of which, it was said, there had once been houses.
California Athabascan Groups | Martin A. Baumhoff
"I'll do that," he said, and, picking up the emptied utensils he had brought he started off down and across the gulch .
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
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British Dictionary definitions for gulch noun US and Canadian a narrow ravine cut by a fast stream
Word Origin for gulch C19: of obscure origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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