The Collaborative International Dictionary
gutter ball
gutter ball \gut"ter ball`\, n. A bowl in which the ball falls into the gutter[4], resulting in a score of zero for that bowl.
Wiktionary
gutter ball
n. (context bowling English) A ball that rolls into the gutter without striking any pins.
Usage examples of "gutter ball".
There intervened a silence like the silence a bowler experiences after lofting a gutter ball.
It's what you say when you spill a cup of coffee or throw a gutter ball when you're bowling with the girls in the league.