gutter
/ˈɡʌt.ɚ/noun, verb2 syllables
Gutter means: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money.
Synonyms for gutter4
noun, as in a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
What does gutter mean?8
noun
misfortune resulting in lost effort or money“his career was in the gutter”
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
a tool for gutting fish
verb
burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker“The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground”
flow in small streams“Tears guttered down her face”
wear or cut gutters into“The heavy rain guttered the soil”
provide with gutters“gutter the buildings”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with gutter?6
Gutter in a sentence
- When the lanes are dry like this, a curveball ends up in the gutter.Joseph
- The gutter was broken, and water was leaking out.sangelo
- The downpipe is blocked, and now the gutter is overflowing.sundown
- Rainwater flows from the gutter, down the downpipe and into the sewer.sundown
- Rainwater flows from the gutter, down the drainpipe and into the sewer.sundown
- Some good-for-nothing at this gutter paper here spread this mare's nest.kroko
- Even the court enjoys an occasional roll in the gutter.unknown
- This neighborhood is a gutter for broken dreams.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of gutter
as a noun
- plural
- gutters
as a verb
- past tense
- guttered
- present participle
- guttering
- third-person singular
- gutters
- past participle
- guttered