gutter

/ɡˈʌtɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   “his career was in the gutter”
3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
4. a tool for gutting fish

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”

Synonyms for gutter

• trough
• sewer
• toilet

Words that rhyme with gutter

• flutter
• sputter
• cutter
• utter
• putter
• mutter
• butter
• clutter
• shutter
• stutter
• aflutter
• kilometre
• nutter
• stonecutter
• bonecutter
• bowater
• dutter
• hutter
• kutter
• lutter
• perlmutter
• rutter
• schutter
• sutter