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| gut·ter [ gúttər ] |
noun (plural gut·ters) |
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1. rainwater channel on roof: a metal or plastic channel attached to the eaves of a roof for carrying away rainwater
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2. rainwater channel on road: a channel at the edge of a road that carries water into a sewer
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3. poor or degraded state: an impoverished and degraded existence or way of life
  She dragged me out of the gutter and made me respect myself.
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4. bowling channel on bowling lane: the channel on either side of a bowling lane
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5. printing inner margins of book: the blank space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages of a book
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6. stamps space between stamps on sheet: the space between the printed design of one stamp and the next one on the sheet, where the perforations lie
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verb (past and past participle gut·tered, present participle gut·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular gut·ters) |
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1. intransitive verb melt quickly: to burn down more quickly than usual because melting wax has formed a channel on one side
(
refers to candles
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2. intransitive verb flicker: to flicker when on the point of being extinguished
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3. transitive verb form channels in something: to wear away channels in the surface of something
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4. intransitive verb trickle: to run in a narrow stream or trickle
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adjective |
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of worst kind: of the most vulgar, corrupt, or morally degraded kind
(
disapproving
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman gotere< Latin gutta "drop"] |
