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gut·ter
(gŭt′ər)n.
1. A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.
2. A trough fixed under or along the eaves for draining rainwater from a roof. Also called regionally eaves trough, rainspout, spouting.
3. A furrow or groove formed by running water.
4. A trough or channel for carrying something off, such as that on either side of a bowling alley or that almost level with the water in some swimming pools.
5. Printing The white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages, as of a book.
6. A degraded and squalid class or state of human existence.
v. gut·tered, gut·ter·ing, gut·ters
v.tr.
1. To form gutters or furrows in: Heavy rain guttered the hillside.
2. To provide with gutters.
v.intr.
1. To flow in channels or rivulets: Rainwater guttered along the curb.
2. To melt away through the side of the hollow formed by a burning wick. Used of a candle.
3. To burn low and unsteadily; flicker: The flame guttered in the lamp.
adj.
Vulgar, sordid, or unprincipled: gutter language; the gutter press.
[Middle English goter, guter, from Old French gotier, from gote, drop, from Latin gutta.]
Our Living Language Certain household words have proved important as markers for major US dialect boundaries. The channels along the edge of a roof for carrying away rainwater (normally referred to in the plural) are variously known as eaves troughs in parts of New England, the Great Lakes states, and the West; spouting or rainspouts in eastern Pennsylvania and the Delmarva Peninsula; and gutters from Virginia southward. Historically, along the Atlantic coast, the transition points have marked unusually clear boundaries for the three major dialect areas—Northern, Midland, and Southern—traditionally acknowledged by scholars of American dialects. Nowadays, however, Southern gutters has become widely established as the standard US term. See Note at andiron
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gutter
(ˈɡʌtə)n
1. (Building) a channel along the eaves or on the roof of a building, used to collect and carry away rainwater
2. (Civil Engineering) a channel running along the kerb or the centre of a road to collect and carry away rainwater
3. (Civil Engineering) a trench running beside a canal lined with clay puddle
4. (Bowls & Bowling) either of the two channels running parallel to a tenpin bowling lane
5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing
a. the space between two pages in a forme
b. the white space between the facing pages of an open book
c. the space between two columns of type
6. (Philately) the space left between stamps on a sheet in order to separate them
7. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) surfing a dangerous deep channel formed by currents and waves
8. (Mining & Quarrying) Austral (in gold-mining) the channel of a former watercourse that is now a vein of gold
9. the gutter a poverty-stricken, degraded, or criminal environment
vb
10. (tr) to make gutters in
11. (intr) to flow in a stream or rivulet
12. (intr) (of a candle) to melt away by the wax forming channels and running down in drops
13. (intr) (of a flame) to flicker and be about to go out
[C13: from Anglo-French goutiere, from Old French goute a drop, from Latin gutta]
ˈgutter-ˌlike adj
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gut•ter
(ˈgʌt ər)n.
1. a channel at the side or in the middle of a road, for leading off surface water.
2. a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water.
3. any channel, trough, or furrow for carrying off fluid.
4. the sunken channel along either side of a bowling alley.
5. the state or abode of those who live in degradation, squalor, etc.: rose from the gutter to a position of prominence.
6. the white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages in a bound book, magazine, or newspaper.
v.i. 7. to flow in streams.
8. (of a candle) to lose molten wax accumulated in a hollow space around the wick.
9. (of a lamp or candle flame) to burn low or to be blown so as to be nearly extinguished.
10. to form gutters, as water does.
v.t. 11. to make gutters in; channel.
12. to furnish with a gutter or gutters.
[1250–1300; Middle English gutter, goter < Anglo-French goutiere derivative of goutte drop (see gout)]
gut′ter•like`, adj.
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gutter
Past participle: guttered
Gerund: guttering
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| Noun | 1. |  gutter - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwaterchannel - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" cullis - a gutter in a roof gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
| 2. |  gutter - misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | |
| 3. | gutter - a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" | |
| 4. | gutter - a tool for gutting fish hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands | |
| Verb | 1. | gutter - burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground" |
| 2. | gutter - flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face" | |
| 3. | gutter - wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil" | |
| 4. | gutter - provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings" |
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gutter
noun drain, channel, tube, pipe, ditch, trench, trough, conduit, duct, sluice The waste washes down the gutter and into the city's sewerage system.
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Translations
قَناة مائِيّة على جانِب الطَّريق
okapstrouha
tagrende
koururappiosadevesikouruvaluavirrata
esõvízcsatorna
ræsi
notekcaurule
obcestni jarekžleb
gutter
1 [ˈgʌtəʳ]A. N (in street) → arroyo m, cuneta f, desagüe m (CAm); (on roof) → canal m, canalón m
the gutter (fig) → los barrios bajos; (= underworld) → el hampa
he rose from the gutter (fig) → salió de la nada
the gutter (fig) → los barrios bajos; (= underworld) → el hampa
he rose from the gutter (fig) → salió de la nada
gutter
2 [ˈgʌtəʳ] VI [candle] → irse consumiendoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gutter
n (on roof) → Dachrinne f; (in street) → Gosse f (also fig), → Rinnstein m; to be born in the gutter → aus der Gosse kommen; the language of the gutter → die Gassensprache
vi (candle, flame) → flackern
gutter
:gutter press
n (Brit pej) → Boulevardpresse f
guttersnipe
n → Gassenkind nt
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gutter
[ˈgʌtəʳ] n (in street) → cunetta, scolo; (on roof) → grondaiato rise from the gutter (fig) → venire dai bassifondi or dalla strada
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gutter
(ˈgatə) noun a channel for carrying away water, especially at the edge of a road or roof. The gutters are flooded with water.
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