/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/
OriginFrom earlier gulsh (“sink in, gush out”), from Middle English gulchen (“to gulp, spew”), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully (“ravine formed by water”) despite the similarities.
- obsoleteTo swallow greedily; to gulp down.
- obsoleteTo fall heavily.
- A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
“"A crack is progressing up through the Goldminers' apartment. They are most disturbed by the appearance of this gulch in their wall since it undermines their confidence in the structure of the buildin”
- obsoleteAn act of gulching or gulping.
- obsoleteA glutton.
“You did not! where was your sight, Œdipus? you walk with hare's eyes, do you? I'll have them glazed, rogue; an you say the word, they shall be glazed for you: come we must have you turn fiddler again,”
“You muddy gulche, darst look me in the face while mine eyes sparkle with revengeful fire?”
Formsgulches(present, singular, third-person) · gulching(participle, present) · gulched(participle, past) · gulched(past) · gulk(alternative, dialectal) · glutch(alternative, dialectal) · gulches(plural)