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- [guht-er-ing]
- /ˈgʌt ər ɪŋ/
- /ˈɡʌt.ər.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guht-er-ing]
- /ˈgʌt ər ɪŋ/
Definitions of guttering word
- noun guttering a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water. 1
- noun guttering a channel at the eaves or on the roof of a building, for carrying off rain water. 1
- noun guttering any channel, trough, or the like for carrying off fluid. 1
- noun guttering a furrow or channel made by running water. 1
- noun guttering Bowling. a sunken channel on each side of the alley from the line marking the limit of a fair delivery of the ball to the sunken area behind the pins. 1
- noun guttering the state or abode of those who live in degradation, squalor, etc.: the language of the gutter. 1
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Origin of guttering
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English. See gutter, -ing1
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Parts of speech for Guttering
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
guttering popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
guttering usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for guttering
verb guttering
- duck — any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- lunge — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
noun guttering
- channels — Plural form of channel.
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- grooves — Plural form of groove.
- ditching — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- drainage — the act or process of draining.
Antonyms for guttering
verb guttering
- ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
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