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Definition gutter

Etymology 1

Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”)

Noun

gutter (plural gutters)

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. (bowling) 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. (typography) A space between printed columns of text.
8. (printing) 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. (philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
10. (Britain) A drainage channel.
11. The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable.
12. (figuratively) A low, vulgar state.
13. (comics) The spaces between comic book panels

Verb

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

1. To flow or stream; to form gutters. [from late 14th c.]
2. (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle. [from early 18th c.]
3. (of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
4. (transitive) To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
5. (transitive) To supply with a gutter or gutters.
6. (transitive) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

Etymology 2

gut +‎ -er

Noun

gutter (plural gutters)

1. One who or that which guts.

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