English Explanatory Dictionary

gutter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
  2. A ditch along the side of a road.
  3. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
  4. A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
  5. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
  6. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
  7. A space between printed columns of text.
  8. 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. An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
  10. A drainage channel.
  11. The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable.
  12. A low, vulgar state.
verb
  1. To flow or stream; to form gutters.
  2. To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
  3. To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
  4. To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
  5. To supply with a gutter or gutters.
  6. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
  7. To worsen considerably.
adj
  1. Vulgar, sordid, or low-class.
noun
  1. One who or that which guts.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʌt.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gutter.wav /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/ [ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ] /ˈɡat.ə/ [ˈɡaɾ.ə]

Word forms

gutter gutters guttering guttered more gutter most gutter

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cloam

Related words

gout

Derived words

cum gutters get one's head out of the gutter get one's mind out of the gutter gutter ape gutter ball gutterball gutterblood gutter dog gutterdog gutter game gutter guard gutterless gutterlike gutter member gutter mouth guttermouth gutter oil gutter plane gutter press gutter punk gutter rabbit guttersnipe guttersome gutter stick gutterwork gutter wound guttery rain gutter skite-the-gutter gutter out
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