gutter

Nouns

  • (n) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater trough,
  • (n) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
    • his career was in the gutter
    • all that work went down the sewer
    • pensions are in the toilet
    sewer, toilet,
  • (n) a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
  • (n) a tool for gutting fish

Verbs

  • (v) burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
    • The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground
  • (v) flow in small streams
    • Tears guttered down her face
  • (v) wear or cut gutters into
    • The heavy rain guttered the soil
  • (v) provide with gutters
    • gutter the buildings

Synonyms

trough sewer toilet

Words of close approximity

guttle
gutter press guttersnipe