gutters
noun
- 1
A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
- 2
A ditch along the side of a road.
- 3
A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
“The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year.”
- 4
A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
- 5
A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
- 6
Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
- 7
A space between printed columns of text.
- 8
One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.
- 9
An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
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A drainage channel.
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The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable.
- 12
A low, vulgar state.
“Get your mind out of the gutter.”
- 13
The spaces between comic book panels
verb
- 1
To flow or stream; to form gutters.
- 2
(of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
- 3
(of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
- 4
To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
- 5
To supply with a gutter or gutters.
- 6
To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
noun
- 1
One who or that which guts.
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