Drygulch
//ˈdɹaɪ.ɡʌlt͡ʃ// verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To murder; to attack, assault, especially in an ambush. US, slang
"‘Then one of them got into the car and dry-gulched me.’"
Example
More examples"‘Then one of them got into the car and dry-gulched me.’"
Etymology
Because in the American West, outlaws often killed people as they passed through a dry gulch; or because cattle rustlers drove stolen animals off the edge of such a gulch. (ref. John Ayto 1998)
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