单词 | guttersnipe |
释义 | guttersnipe[ guht-er-snahyp ] / ˈgʌt ərˌsnaɪp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR guttersnipe ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city. a street urchin. Origin of guttersnipeFirst recorded in 1855–60; gutter + snipe OTHER WORDS FROM guttersnipegut·ter·snip·ish, adjectiveWords nearby guttersnipegutter, gutter ball, gutter fracture, guttering, gutter press, guttersnipe, gutter wound, guttiform, guttle, guttural, gutturalize Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guttersnipeBritish Dictionary definitions for guttersnipeguttersnipe / (ˈɡʌtəˌsnaɪp) / nouna child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor Derived forms of guttersnipeguttersnipish, adjectiveWord Origin for guttersnipeC19: originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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