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guttersnipe

US/ˈɡʌtɚˌsnaɪp/

guttersnipe noun: a person of the lowest social or economic class.

Noun

guttersnipe (plural guttersnipes)

  1. (dated, derogatory) A person of the lowest social or economic class.
    • Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back.1980, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Lamb' (novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition)
  2. (archaic, derogatory) A street urchin.
    • Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 123
  3. (US, derogatory, obsolete, slang) A broker who sold securities in the street.

guttersnipe meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

guttersnipe in Tamil

நகர அடிமட்டத்தில் இருப்பவர்

guttersnipe in Malayalam

urchin, raga-muffin, waif
ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെട്ട കുട്ടി, അങ്ങാടിക്കുട്ടി, തെണ്ടിനടക്കുന്ന കുട്ടി, തെരുവുബാലൻ, തെരുവുബാലിക, തെരുവുതെണ്ടി

Forms of guttersnipe

pluralguttersnipes

Origin of guttersnipe

From gutter + snipe.

Words formed from guttersnipe

Questions about guttersnipe

What does guttersnipe mean?
Guttersnipe means a person of the lowest social or economic class.
What is guttersnipe in Tamil?
Guttersnipe in Tamil is நகர அடிமட்டத்தில் இருப்பவர். See Guttersnipe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is guttersnipe?
Guttersnipe is a noun.
How do you pronounce guttersnipe?
Guttersnipe is pronounced /ˈɡʌtɚˌsnaɪp/ (US).
What is the plural of guttersnipe?
The plural of guttersnipe is guttersnipes.

Words near guttersnipe in the dictionary

  1. gutterlings
  2. guttermouth
  3. guttermouths
  4. gutters
  5. gutters out
  6. guttersnipe
  7. guttersnipes
  8. guttersnipish
  9. guttersome
  10. gutterspout
  11. gutterspouts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: guttersnipe (page history and authors); guttersnipe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guttersnipe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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