adjective
General Slang
gully
· adjective · mle
Rough, gritty, street — and that's a compliment.
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Definitions
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Rough in a respectable way. Street-tough, hard, not soft. Used as praise for someone who handles themselves, or a tune that hits with proper grit.
“That new Headie One track is gully, no skips.”
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An actual ditch or drainage channel — the original sense. UK road slang stretched it metaphorically; the dictionary meaning never went anywhere.
“Ball rolled straight into the gully at the side of the road.”
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gully In A Sentence
That new Headie One track is gully, no skips.
Ball rolled straight into the gully at the side of the road.
Origin & Usage
From Jamaican use — 'gully' referring to the literal drainage gullies of Kingston, then the Gully Side of the Gully/Gaza beef (Mavado vs Vybz Kartel) in the late 00s. Crossed into UK road slang via that wave.
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