Definition of guttersnipe in English:
guttersnipe
nounˈɡʌtəsnʌɪpˈɡədərˌsnaɪp
derogatory A scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street.
Example sentencesExamples
- You ruined my picture, you little guttersnipe.
- How many times do I have to respond to the ravings of guttersnipes?
- They were feared and reviled as street rats and guttersnipes, vagrants and beggars.
- It is time to pay another visit to the snivelling little guttersnipe.
- But I look forward to the time when the technology becomes cheap and common enough for a little guttersnipe like me to afford one.
- I shall make a duchess of this draggle-tail guttersnipe.
Synonyms
urchin, street urchin, ragamuffin, waif, stray, outcast, orphan
informal scarecrow
dated gamin
archaic mudlark, scapegrace, street Arab, wastrel, tatterdemalion
Definition of guttersnipe in US English:
guttersnipe
nounˈɡədərˌsnaɪpˈɡədərˌsnīp
derogatory A scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street.
Example sentencesExamples
- You ruined my picture, you little guttersnipe.
- How many times do I have to respond to the ravings of guttersnipes?
- They were feared and reviled as street rats and guttersnipes, vagrants and beggars.
- But I look forward to the time when the technology becomes cheap and common enough for a little guttersnipe like me to afford one.
- I shall make a duchess of this draggle-tail guttersnipe.
- It is time to pay another visit to the snivelling little guttersnipe.
Synonyms
urchin, street urchin, ragamuffin, waif, stray, outcast, orphan