as in vulgar
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society
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Recent Examples of gutter
Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Hanging Christmas lights Spencer Claeys’ business, Northwest Pro Wash, usually cleans roofs and gutters in the greater Seattle area.
—Megan Sauer,alex Koller,natalie Wu, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
And for the umpteen transitions, tall, slim screens glide across the stage like screen-wipes displaying distractingly different, hyper-realist close-up images ranging from location-setting photos to a (worryingly out of focus) video of a guttering candle.
—David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
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Noun
This is a good time to schedule any gutter repairs that are needed.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
Hanging Christmas lights Spencer Claeys’ business, Northwest Pro Wash, usually cleans roofs and gutters in the greater Seattle area.
—Megan Sauer,alex Koller,natalie Wu, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
Advertisement :: Clouds of incense, guttering candles: Inside Lviv’s garrison church, singer Vasyl Hnypyuk’s high baritone rose and fell in cadence, supplementing the chanting of presiding priests.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
And for the umpteen transitions, tall, slim screens glide across the stage like screen-wipes displaying distractingly different, hyper-realist close-up images ranging from location-setting photos to a (worryingly out of focus) video of a guttering candle.
—David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gutter
Adjective
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The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Seconds later the train enters the station, passing right over Lynskey, who luckily fell into the trough between the tracks, incredibly escaping horrific injury, if not death.Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Press a rolling pin horizontally into the center of the dough to create a trough.Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Once again Skinner is in the ditch with goal share (minute sample size).Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tragically, her life would end as the man who was stuck in a ditch pulled a gun on her, and fatally shot her.Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The company was founded in 1987 by Chua Thian Poh, a high school dropout who got his start making hooks and spikes for the logging industry.Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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It was founded in 1991 by billionaire Michael Milken.Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
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Cover the drain to keep the solution working in the drain.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Pour a mixture of equal parts baking soda and white vinegar down the drain.Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2025
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Re-signing Austin Corbett and Cade Mays to compete at center is a logical, cost-effective strategy that seems to align with the way the Panthers will approach their already expensive trench group.Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ukrainian drones observed some Russians advancing as far as a key trench anchoring Ukrainian positions just east of Leonidovo in the no-man’s-land along the 250-square-mile salient Ukrainian troops occupy in Kursk.David Axe, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Those signs can flux when sleep deprived, traveling or stressed at work as well.Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
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Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place.Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutter. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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