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
David Caraccio
april 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Points are awarded by zone, from 0 to 5; gutter balls subtract a point, while a ball that kisses the stake earns a perfect 10.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
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
The home’s slate roof, copper gutters and rock-solid foundation signal a different kind of luxury — one rooted less in square footage and more in construction, craftsmanship and permanence.
—David Caraccio
april 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Points are awarded by zone, from 0 to 5; gutter balls subtract a point, while a ball that kisses the stake earns a perfect 10.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
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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One day, Dahlstrom made a vulgar joke in a lunchroom referencing oral sex and pubic hair, according to the employee.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Doncic claimed Bitadze directed a vulgar comment about Doncic’s family in Serbian toward the Lakers star guard.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The doom-and-gloom predictions of the education establishment, long lined up at the trough, haven’t come to pass.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The doom-and-gloom predictions of the education establishment, long lined up at the trough, haven’t come to pass.—
Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The videos showed firefighters tending to one person trapped beneath the car, which wound up in a ditch along the parade route.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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The exact place where South ends and North begins was carefully pointed out to me by a group of Southern men tidying the ditches for the local council.—
Colm Tóibín,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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OpenAI was on the verge of closing a large investment from Thrive, a venture-capital firm founded by Josh Kushner, Jared Kushner’s brother, whom Altman had known for years.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Police are investigating reports that Lake Zurich High School students used artificial intelligence to generate pornographic images of classmates, district officials said.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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More than 100 students and parents from Lancaster Country Day School were in court to hear victims describe the shock of having to identify their own faces in pornographic photos to detectives.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The three compartment sink was plugged with towels instead of drain plugs.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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That could include strange pop-ups, battery drain or unexpected logins.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It should have been called swamp or something like that…trench.—
Christine Terrisse,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The work required felling primeval trees measuring six feet in diameter and digging a deep trench through the marsh to accommodate boat traffic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Then he was put on waivers by the Utah Mammoth in September and dealt to Edmonton in December, his career still flux.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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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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“Gutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutter. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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