gullywasher
[ guhl-ee-wosh-er, -waw-sher ]
/ ˈgʌl iˌwɒʃ ər, -ˌwɔ ʃər /
noun Chiefly Midland and Western U.S.
a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
Words nearby gullywasher
gulley,
gullible,
gulliver's travels,
gullstrand,
gully,
gullywasher,
gulosity,
gulp,
gulper eel,
gum,
gum accroides
Example sentences from the Web for gully-washer
At seven in the morning the stage pulls up for us, and it rains—no gentle sizzle-sozzle, but a sod-soaker, yea a gully-washer!
The New North |Agnes Deans Cameron