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
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Clean gutters regularly so water flows away from your house and doesn’t back up into the soffits and under the roofline.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
The restaurant was unexceptional — plastic chairs, coarse tablecloths, low guttering candles — and perfect.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Noun
While some paid to have headstones moved, many stayed in San Francisco and were later used in building projects including gutters and a breakwater.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Clean gutters regularly so water flows away from your house and doesn’t back up into the soffits and under the roofline.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Branches that are weak or dead are the most vulnerable to high winds and can take out your roof or guttering on their way down.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2024
The restaurant was unexceptional — plastic chairs, coarse tablecloths, low guttering candles — and perfect.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gutter
Adjective
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Who decides what’s decorous and what’s vulgar?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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The president has been targeting Jeffries online with offensive and vulgar memes since the pair first had an unsuccessful sit-down meeting in the Oval Office just before the shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The liquidity beacon, Bitcoin , lifted more than 2% after sustaining a 20% peak-to-trough pullback.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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The cold front is being driven by a trough — an area of lower pressure that helps steer weather systems — while winds will be on the breezier side due to Hurricane Melissa’s influence in the western Atlantic, the National Weather Service in Miami said.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That's how people end up in a ditch.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The device ensnared the Mustang, causing the vehicle to veer off the road into a ditch, according to police.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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About 1,000 people attended an event Monday night by Turning Point USA, the group Kirk founded, at the university’s Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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He’s collaborated with the company since it was founded in 2022.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The waste feels more flagrant with every pornographic shot of a Chanel bag, vintage car or over-the-top ensemble.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Opponents of the books describe them as pornographic.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cockroaches, drain flies shut down local coffeehouse 5 Sips Coffee & Tea, 2104 11th Ave.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the music video, directed by Christian Breslauer, Perry appears in a kitchen and accidentally drops her ring down the drain.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tracee Ellis Ross wore her red trench as a dress to a fashion event in September, because why bother wearing anything else with a coat this fabulous?—
Emma Spedding,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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The burgundy color is especially ideal for fall and adds a nice pop of color under a neutral trench.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Teams can use real-time dashboards to highlight anomalies, flux analysis results or unexpected movements in accounts and to log all reviewer comments and actions in the system for a clean audit trail.—
Shagun Malhotra,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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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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“Gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutter. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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