I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the gutter press British English (= newspapers that print shocking stories about people’s private lives )
▪
The gutter press enjoyed printing the sensational story.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
press
▪
Finally, could you leave the insults to the gutter press please?
▪
Without doubt the gutter press whirlwind contained no substance whatsoever.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪
a gutter ball
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
A porter threw one of our bundles into the gutter .
▪
Ridge, hip and gable tiles are commonly displaced by gales, causing accumulation of debris in gutters, valleys and junctions.
▪
Scottie loses his footing, falls, grasps a gutter , dangles in space, looks down, gets dizzy.
▪
She stepped forward into the flowing gutter and reached out to him.
▪
There might have been hands in the gutter and heads rolling about under the lamplight too.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
The candles had almost guttered out, needing to be replaced, but the dim light was an unexpected blessing.
▪
The lamp guttered a little in the chimney draught.
▪
There was a sudden wind and the small fire in the shaman's lodge guttered.