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Gutter

//ˈɡʌt.ɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.

    "They a not so clean as they might be, since the water [is] carried off by only one gutter, in the centre of t[he] street"

  2. 2
    One who or that which guts.

    "A Galilean Rabbi? When did this Province of diggers in dirt and gutters of fish send forth Rabbis? Thou makest a jest."

  3. 3
    a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater wordnet
  4. 4
    A ditch along the side of a road.

    "In nearly all of the towns the gutters are filled with vegetation, or have been neglected for so long a time that the roadway becomes its own drainage bed."

  5. 5
    a tool for gutting fish wordnet
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  1. 6
    A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.

    "The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year."

  2. 7
    a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) wordnet
  3. 8
    A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.

    "You can decide to use the bumpers to avoid the ball going down the gutter every time."

  4. 9
    misfortune resulting in lost effort or money wordnet
  5. 10
    A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
  6. 11
    Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
  7. 12
    A space between printed columns of text.
  8. 13
    One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.
  9. 14
    An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
  10. 15
    A drainage channel. British
  11. 16
    The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable.

    "Nosei (Löwensohn): This is Tom and Cynthia Kruger. / Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeffrey Wright): I heard. / Nosei: This is Jean-Michel Basquiat. / Tom Kruger (Chuck Pfeiffer): Hi. / Nosei: You've seen the SAMO graffiti everywhere – that's his. This is the true voice of the gutter."

  12. 17
    A low, vulgar state. figuratively

    "Get your mind out of the gutter."

  13. 18
    A space between comic strip panels.
Verb
  1. 1
    To flow or stream; to form gutters.
  2. 2
    provide with gutters wordnet
  3. 3
    To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
  4. 4
    wear or cut gutters into wordnet
  5. 5
    To flicker as if about to be extinguished.

    "The light in his eyes guttered like a candle in a mighty wind and finally went out. She had no time to grieve[…]"

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  1. 6
    flow in small streams wordnet
  2. 7
    To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins. transitive
  3. 8
    burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker wordnet
  4. 9
    To supply with a gutter or gutters. transitive

    "A narrow flooring, guttered, walled, and tiled."

  5. 10
    To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. transitive

    "The gutter'd-Rockes, and Congregated Sands,"

  6. 11
    To worsen considerably. intransitive, uncommon

    "The students' performance guttered after the school event."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”).

Etymology 3

From gut + -er.

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