gutter

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌt.ə/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌt.ɚ/, /ˈɡʌɾ.ɚ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɡat.ə/, /ˈɡaɾ.ə/ Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”). ==== Noun ==== gutter (plural gutters) A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water. A ditch along the side of a road. A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough. (bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane. A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement. Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. (typography) A space between printed columns of text. (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. (philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps. (British) A drainage channel. The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable. (figuratively) A low, vulgar state. (comics) A space between comic strip panels. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hindi: गटर (gaṭar) → Japanese: ガター (gatā) → Korean: 거터 (geoteo) → Marathi: गटार (gaṭār) ⇒ Sranan Tongo: gotro → Xhosa: igatha → Yoruba: gọta ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== gutter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia gout ==== Verb ==== gutter (third-person singular simple present gutters, present participle guttering, simple past and past participle guttered) To flow or stream; to form gutters. [from late 14th c.] (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle. [from early 18th c.] Synonym: cloam (of a small flame, or poetically, of eyes) To flicker as if about to be extinguished. (transitive) To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins. (transitive) To supply with a gutter or gutters. (transitive) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. (intransitive, uncommon) To worsen considerably. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Adjective ==== gutter (comparative more gutter, superlative most gutter) (informal, derogatory, figuratively) Vulgar, sordid, or low-class. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From gut +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== gutter (plural gutters) One who or that which guts. == Danish == === Noun === gutter c indefinite plural of gut == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gutter m indefinite plural of gutt