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gutter

Definition

  • noun: a long, hollow device that is attached to the edges of a roof to catch rain and carry it away from a building
  • noun: a trough along the eaves to catch and carry off rainwater
  • verb: to cut or wear 'gutters' in
  • used to refer in usually a joking way to thoughts that relate to sex
  • synonyms: channel, cannel, kennel

Examples

  • ('Brit') the 'gutter press' [=newspapers that print shocking stories about the personal lives of people]

  • He squandered all his money and wound up in 'the gutter'. [=a state of severe poverty]

  • Get your mind out of 'the gutter'. [=stop thinking that everything relates to sex]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No, you can quote me. - Looks Iike some Mob tactic. She broke the case. Come on, get these rubbernecks out of here. Where were you Iast night? We Iooked aII over for you. Did you happen to Iook outside, in the gutter? Did you check the paper? Your girIfriend got a great review. (..)
    1994 The Mask