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
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
Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Drain Mosquitoes breed in standing water, so make sure to empty or cover birdbaths, kiddie pools, buckets, gutters or any other containers that hold water.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
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
Verb
In their spare time, the Slaughterhouse men landscape, install gutters and patio covers, and engineer pipelines.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Drain Mosquitoes breed in standing water, so make sure to empty or cover birdbaths, kiddie pools, buckets, gutters or any other containers that hold water.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gutter
Adjective
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Gilliam is not contesting states' rights to ban profane, sexualized or vulgar plates.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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Two Beal City high schoolers received thousands of vulgar text messages from an unknown sender for months.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This was that the huge economic slowdown, the Great Depression at its absolutely frightful trough in 1933, in good part was happening because people had a preference for holding gold over cash.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Lastly, a trough of low pressure located several hundred miles south of the Hawaiian Islands is expected to move westward into unfavorable environmental conditions, and development is not expected, the NHC said.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some have been added based on what Gravelle experienced during challenging off-roading trips, such as the ditch lights, washout flooring and full skid plates underneath that followed a trip to Drummond Island.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The district remains a throwback to the old days, much like the ancient thistle districts and thistle commissioners who were once found across Lake County in an attempt to stomp out the noxious weeds from farmlands and roadside ditches.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ekstrom had founded and sold her 7-figure social impact company, Headbands of Hope.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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The company was founded by a Xavier University graduate, Peter Klekamp, in 2001 as a real estate management firm focused on multifamily and industrial properties.—
Randy Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Investigators said the pornographic material heightened concerns about the risks posed to federal systems.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pete alleges Cooper also promoted a deepfake pornographic video of her.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Minus Reeves, his dreams of a career as a movie auteur were spiraling down the drain once more.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Improvising an armed version to clear Russian trenches should not be an impossible technical challenge, given how easily troops in the field have attached sawn-off shotguns to drones.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Aug. 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 8 Sep. 2025.
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