Gutter has 11 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
"The heavy storm caused the gutter to overflow, sending sheets of water down the side of the house."
2
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"
3
a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
"The old fisherman worked as a gutter, spending his days cleaning out the entrails from every catch he brought to shore."
4
a tool for gutting fish
"The old sailor reached into his toolbox to grab the sharp metal gutter he uses for cleaning up caught mackerel."
5
A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
"The old truck's engine sounded like a dying animal, and when it finally died, it was just another gutter in the graveyard of broken machines."
6
One who or that which guts.
Verb
1
burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
"The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
2
flow in small streams
"Tears guttered down her face"
3
wear or cut gutters into
"The heavy rain guttered the soil"
4
provide with gutters
"gutter the buildings"
5
To flow or stream; to form gutters.
"After the heavy rain, muddy water began to gutter down the steep embankside and pool in the valley below."
Example Sentences
"his career was in the gutter"
noun
"all that work went down the sewer"
noun
"pensions are in the toilet"
noun
"The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
verb
"Tears guttered down her face"
verb
"The heavy rain guttered the soil"
verb
"gutter the buildings"
verb
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