gutters

noun

  1. 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. 2

    A ditch along the side of a road.

  3. 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. 4

    A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.

  5. 5

    A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.

  6. 6

    Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

  7. 7

    A space between printed columns of text.

  8. 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. 9

    An unprinted space between rows of stamps.

  10. 10

    A drainage channel.

  11. 11

    The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable.

  12. 12

    A low, vulgar state.

    Get your mind out of the gutter.
  13. 13

    The spaces between comic book panels

verb

  1. 1

    To flow or stream; to form gutters.

  2. 2

    (of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.

  3. 3

    (of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.

  4. 4

    To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.

  5. 5

    To supply with a gutter or gutters.

  6. 6

    To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

noun

  1. 1

    One who or that which guts.

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