Guttersnipe

  

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Guttersnipe

Definition: Guttersnipe

Guttersnipe

Noun

1. A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "guttersnipe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)


Synonym: Guttersnipe

Synonym: street urchin (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Guttersnipe

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Guttersnipe (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Guttersnipe

DomainTitle

Books

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Usage Frequency: Guttersnipe

"Guttersnipe" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 41.18% of the time. "Guttersnipe" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)41.18%7133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)29.41%5157,705
Noun (singular)29.41%5157,705
                    Total100.00%17N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Guttersnipe

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "guttersnipe": half-guttersnipe-half-muezzin.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Guttersnipe

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

guttersnipe

3
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Modern Translations: Guttersnipe

Language Translations for "guttersnipe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rrugaç (Barker, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, rough, thug, vagrant, whelp, yob, yobbo), fëmijë rrugësh (gutter-child), djalë rrugësh (dead end kid, Gamin, mudlark, ragamuffin). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الزقاقي غلام من غلمان زقاق. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

улично дете (gutter-child), уличник (mudlark), гамен (larrikin, ragamuffin). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ulièník (nipper, ragamuffin, rascal, scamp, urchin), spratek (brat, oaf, scallywag). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نوک درازیاپاشله معمولی , بچه کوچه , بچه ولگرد. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

katupoika (street arab). (various references)

   

French

  

gamin de rue. (various references)

   

German

  

Straßenjunge (gutter snipe). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μάγκασ (bloke, crafty, hoodlum, hooligan, smart), χαμίνι (Gamin, hooligan, steet arab). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

יל" רחוב. (various references)

   

Italian

  

monello (brat, rascal, romp, scamp, scapegrace, urchin). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uttersnipegay

   

Portuguese

  

derreter (flux, foundation, fuse, liquefy, melt, thaw). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уличный мальчишка (blackguard, dead end kid, dead-end kid, gamin, mudlark), маклер (outside broker, stockjobber), беспризорный ребенок (gutter-child, stray, waif). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ulični mangup. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

granuja (cad, loose grapes, ragamuffin, rascal), golfillo (Gamin, monkey, street arab, street urchin). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gatunge (urchin). (various references)

   

Thai

  

คนชั้นต่ำสุ"ของสังคม. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sokak çocuğu (dead end kid, foundling, street urchin, urchin), afacan (imp, impish, little monster, little perisher, mischievous, naughty, pickle, puckish, rascal, scamp, urchin). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

безпритульна дитина (strayling). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Guttersnipe

Derivations

Words beginning with "guttersnipe": guttersnipes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Guttersnipe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Outterside. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Guttersnipe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-p-r-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: presetting, pretesting, sputtering, trusteeing.

-2 letters: genitures, pestering, pinsetter, preunites, puttering, resetting, retesting, upsetting.

-3 letters: erupting, esurient, eugenist, geniture, gentries, gitterns, grisette, insetter, integers, interest, penuries, perusing, petering, pettings, petuntse, prestige, pretties, preunite, pureeing, puttiers, reesting, reputing, resupine, retinues, reunites, runtiest, seigneur, speering, spurting, steeping, steering, sternite, supering, tergites, trientes, trusting, turgites, turnspit, unripest.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-p-r-s-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: guttersnipes.

 

+4 letters: counterstepping.

 

+5 letters: superintelligent.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Guttersnipe


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 75 74 74 65 72 73 6E 69 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101110 01101001 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#117 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#115 &#110 &#105 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0075 0074 0074 0065 0072 0073 006E 0069 0070 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4187868671848580758271

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Guttersnipe"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hebrew

אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתקhebraishte, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Thai

พจนานุกรมthaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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