Etymology : Middle English goter, from Middle French goutiere, from goute drop, from Latin gutta
Pronunciation : 'g&-t&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. channel for carrying off fluid, conduit, drainpipe. flow in a channel; flicker, sputter, grow weak (i.e. candle flame). gutter\gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guttered (#); p. pr. & vb. n. guttering.].
2. to cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
3. to supply with a gutter or gutters. [r.]gutter \gut"ter\, v. i. to become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.gutter \gut"ter\ , n. [oe. gotere, of. goutiere, f. gouttière, fr. of. gote, goute, drop, f. goutte, fr. l. gutta.].
4. a channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
5. a small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. gutters running with ale.
6. any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.gutter member (arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement.gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters.gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street arab. [slang]gutter stick (printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.gutter a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater [syn: trough] v.
7. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "the cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground.".
8. flow in small streams; "tears guttered down her face".
9. wear or cut gutters into: "the heavy rain guttered the soil".
10. provide with gutters, of buildingsgutter heb. tsinnor, (2 sam. 5:8). this hebrew word occurs only elsewhere in ps. 42:7 in the plural, where it is rendered "waterspouts." it denotes some passage through which water passed; a water-course. in gen. 30:38, 41 the hebrew word rendered "gutters" is _rahat_, and denotes vessels overflowing with water for cattle (ex. 2:16); drinking-troughs.
11. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
12. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.
13. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
14. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
15. To supply with a gutter or gutters.
16. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater a tool for gutting fish a worker who guts things 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" provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings" wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil" flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face" burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground".
17. 1. The gutter is the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rain water collects and flows away. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
18. A gutter is a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into. Did you fix the gutter?.
19. If someone is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way. Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful. see also:
gutter press. if a candle gutters, it burns with an unsteady flame.
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