gutter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb,…

   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

   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.
   • As Mike parked the vehicle, its right wheels sank into an unpaved gutter gradually worn irregular and deep by the rush of rainwater flowing down the street.
3. 3

   A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water

   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.
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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

      A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of…

      A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.

   3. 6

      Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from…

      Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

   4. 7

      A space between printed columns of text.

   5. 8

      One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the…

      One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.

   6. 9

      An unprinted space between rows of stamps.

   7. 10

      A drainage channel.

   8. 11

      The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally…

      The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable.

   9. 12

      A low, vulgar state.

      • Get your mind out of the gutter.
      • What kind of gutter language is that? I ought to wash your mouth out with soap.
      • Lord Darlington. No, we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
   10. 13

       A space between comic strip panels.

   11. 14

       To flow or stream

       To flow or stream; to form gutters.

   12. 15

       To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.

   13. 16

       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[…]
       • Alex's eyes gutter, and his face goes cold. He stands there mutely through my apology, stiff and frozen. I want to touch him, but I'm scared he'll flinch away.
   14. 17

       To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.

   15. 18

       To supply with a gutter or gutters.

       • A narrow flooring, guttered, walled, and tiled.
   16. 19

       To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows

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

       • The gutter'd-Rockes, and Congregated Sands,
   17. 20

       To worsen considerably.

       • The students' performance guttered after the school event.
       • The patient's state would soon gutter.
   18. 21

       Vulgar, sordid, or low-class.

       • The "greatest" controversy came when Farrakhan was accused of calling Judaism a "gutter religion". Farrakhan says he never used the word "gutter."
   19. 22

       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.
       • An old, rusty coat hanger made a rudimentary fish-gutter.
   20. 23

       A surname.

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