gulch
pronunciation
How to pronounce gulch in British English:
UK [gʌltʃ]
How to pronounce gulch in American English:
US [ɡʌltʃ]
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- Noun:
- a narrow gorge with a stream running through it
Word Origin
- gulch (n.)
- "deep ravine," 1832, perhaps from obsolete or dialectal verb gulsh "sink in" (of land), "gush out" (of water), from Middle English gulchen "to gush forth; to drink greedily" (c. 1200). Compare gulche-cuppe "a greedy drinker" (mid-13c.). "There appears to be no etymological connection with gully" [Century Dictionary].
Example
- 1. Return a fallen flag in warsong gulch .
- 2. Congressional tax committees start to resemble the " gucci gulch " of k street in washington .
- 3. This town is known as " sin city " & its downtown is " glitter gulch "
- 4. Well maybe we should just dry gulch the guy , huh ?
- 5. " Atlas shrugged " conjured up a world in which all creative businessmen had gone on strike , retreating to galt 's gulch in colorado , and culminated in a dramatic court scene in which galt detailed the evils of collectivism .