Definition of Gutter

Noun

• a tool for gutting fish
  
• a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
  
• 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
• a channel along the eaves or on the roof
  collects and carries away rainwater
  trough

Verb

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

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