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come a gutser

come a gutser verb: to do a belly flop; to fall flat on one's face.

Verb

come a gutser (third-person singular simple present comes a gutser, present participle coming a gutser, simple past came a gutser, past participle come a gutser)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do a belly flop; to fall flat on one's face.
    • Slippery as a butcher's apron it is, and I comes a gutser twice before I gets down to the stag.1964, Ron Helmer, Stag Party, page 82
    • You took off up Main Street past the church, jumped the gutter, two cars and a four-foot fence, and finally come a gutser in the gully below the cop station.2001, Anita Bell, Crystal Coffin, →ISBN, page 33
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To fail miserably; to make a huge mistake; to fall flat on one's face.
    • Ole Fritz keeps on tryin' ter feel our possies at night with small patrols, an' they tried ter raid us two nights ago, but came a gutser, 'coz we hopped out an' met 'em, an' they put their 'ands up.1919, C. Hampton Thorp, A Handful of Ausseys, page 288
    • The Government has come a gutser there, and it will come a gutser in the health area when it tries to put the user-pays principle in operation.1982, New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 443, page 439

Examples of come a gutser in a sentence

  • Well, where you all come a gutser is, over here, we think we're born to rule YOU.2011, Alan Ramsay, A Matter of Opinion, →ISBN, page 90:
  • Unless we come a gutser, we won't get near them.2016, Art Collins, In The Outback, →ISBN:

Forms of come a gutser

third-person singular presentcomes a gutser
present participlecoming a gutser
pastcame a gutser
past participlecome a gutser
alternative formcome a gutzer

Origin of come a gutser

From falling on ones gut, or belly.

Questions about come a gutser

What does come a gutser mean?
Come a gutser means to do a belly flop; to fall flat on one's face.
How do you use come a gutser in a sentence?
Well, where you all come a gutser is, over here, we think we're born to rule YOU.
What part of speech is come a gutser?
Come a gutser is a verb.
What is the past tense of come a gutser?
The past tense of come a gutser is came a gutser.

Words near come a gutser in the dictionary

  1. comdts
  2. come
  3. come 'ead
  4. come 'ed
  5. come a cropper
  6. come a gutser
  7. come a long way
  8. come about
  9. come across
  10. come across with
  11. come after

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