GUTTERS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

Example: his career was in the gutter; all that work went down the sewer; pensions are in the toilet

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a channel along the eaves or on the roof

Example: collects and carries away rainwater

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a tool for gutting fish

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

provide with gutters

Example: gutter the buildings

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

wear or cut gutters into

Example: The heavy rain guttered the soil

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

flow in small streams

Example: Tears guttered down her face

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

burn unsteadily, feebly, or low

Example: flicker; The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground