gutter

/ɡˈʌtɐ/

/ˈɡətɝ/

Gutter

an open pipe that is attached beneath the edge of a building roof and carries rainwater away

synonyms : trough

a tool for gutting fish

a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

synonyms : sewer

the inside margins of a book, where the pages are bound together

to gutter

MAIN VERB

provide with gutters

wear or cut gutters into

flow in small streams

burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

Examples

1. We have no truck with that style of gutter journalism.

2. Guttering the turkey.

3. Clean out the gutters.

4. Getting in the gutter, the gutter water.