gutter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 2 Danish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Anglo-Norman gotere, from Old French gotiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta ‘drop’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /'ɡʌt.ə/, (US) IPA: /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/

  Rhymes: -ʌtə(r)

[edit] Noun

gutter (plural gutters)

1. A ditch along the side of a road.
2. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water.
3. A grooves down the sides of a bowling lane.
4. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
5. A space between printed columns of text.
6. Something distasteful or morally questionable.
7. (British) A drainage channel
8. (Stamp Collecting) an unprinted space between rows of stamps.

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[edit] See also

• Gutter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Adjective

gutter (comparative more gutter, superlative most gutter)

1. suitable for the gutter; vulgar, disreputable

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[edit] Verb

to gutter (third-person singular simple present gutters, present participle guttering, simple past and past participle guttered)

1. to flow or stream; to form gutters
2. (of a candle) to melt away or fail from becoming channeled on one side
3. (of a small flame) to flicker as if about to be extinguished

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[edit] Noun

gutter c.

1. Plural indefinite of gut.