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gutter

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
gutter

Plural
gutters

A gutter in a road
The rain gutter on the edge of a roof
  1. (countable) A gutter is a low area to catch water and direct its flow.
    The gutter was full of leaves, and the water was pouring over the edge.
  2. (countable) (singular) The gutter is the bad or vulgar part of human life.
    That's the kind of gutter language we expect from a cheat like you.
  3. (countable) The gutter in a book or magazine is the white space between columns.
    The gutter should be about 1.5cm.

Verb

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Plain form
gutter

Third-person singular
gutters

Past tense
guttered

Past participle
guttered

Present participle
guttering

  1. (intransitive) If a candle gutters, it burns more on one side and forms a channel in the wax.
  2. (intransitive) In bowling, if you gutter, your ball goes into the side gutters, and does not hit any pins.