Definition of Gutter

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Gutter

A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

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

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

To supply with a gutter or gutters.

To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

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Gutter Quotations

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Oscar Wilde

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.
Patti Smith

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.
William Graham Sumner

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
Logan P. Smith

I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter.
Susan Powter

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.
Maria Shriver

Journalists belong in the gutter because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
Gerald Priestland

I hesitate to get into the gutter with this guy.
Chet Huntley

Gutter Translations

gutter in German is Rinne, Gosse
gutter in Italian is solco, tombino, grondala
gutter in Norwegian is rennestein, takrenne
gutter in Spanish is chorrera

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