gutter

[US]/ˈɡʌtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈɡʌtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a channel at the side of a road or street for carrying away rainwater; a low area or valley where water and waste gather
vi. to flow in a stream; to form a channel
vt. to create a channel in
adj. poor or inferior in quality; lacking refinement; shocking or scandalous

Phrases & Collocations

clogged gutter

clean the gutter

gutter maintenance

roof gutter

in the gutter

Example Sentences

gutter language; the gutter press.

Gutters lead the water into the ditch.

the gutters were clogged up with leaves.

a sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains.

my cheeks are guttered with tears.

the raindrops gutter down her visage.

a big concrete gutter that paralleled the road.

we have no truck with that style of gutter journalism.

Somebody must control the gutter press in this country.

The gutter took away the rain-water from the roof.

the candles had almost guttered out .

The creeper is growing in towards the gutter, and should be cleared away.

He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.

A notoriously absent-minded professor was one day observed walking along the street with one foot continually in the gutter, the other on the pavement.

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