gulch

Meanings

Verb

• To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
• To fall heavily.

Noun

• A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
• An act of gulching or gulping.
• A glutton.

Origin

• From earlier gulsh, from Middle English gulchen ("to gulp, spew"), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully despite the similarities.