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"his career was in the gutter"nounmisfortune resulting in lost effort or moneytype of:
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nouna channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
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nouna tool for gutting fishtype of:
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nouna worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)type of:
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"The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"verbburn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
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"Tears guttered down her face"verbflow in small streams
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"gutter the buildings"verbprovide with gutters
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"The heavy rain guttered the soil"verbwear or cut gutters into
Definition that contains gutter
- paint apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
- gutter provide with gutters
- gutter wear or cut gutters into
- curb an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- kerb an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- curbing an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- waterspout a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof)
- cullis a gutter in a roof
- limbers a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well