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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

  • (..) Don't matter to me. Frank's gonna be back any minute. Come here. Sit here. Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education... but that's okay. I know the street... and I'm making aII the right connections. (..)
    1983 Scarface