[
UK
/ɡˈʌtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈɡətɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡətɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a tool for gutting fish
- 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.)
-
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
VERB
-
burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground -
wear or cut gutters into
The heavy rain guttered the soil -
provide with gutters
gutter the buildings -
flow in small streams
Tears guttered down her face
How To Use gutter In A Sentence
- The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
- There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.
- Eventually, the besotted warriors either passed out or crawled away as the torches guttered and smoked into mere embers.
- And so, with this in mind, and in the spirit of wild experimentation, this week, in place of the usual guttersnipe sneering, I bring you art. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: TV listings in haiku
- This stuff works in the gutters - the spaces between the panels, and between the pictures and words.
- Alifabs Ambassador extruded aluminium fascia gutter and rainwater system is the design ideal for both new and existing buildings.
- Pettin's men surged up the steps at them, weapons flashing in the guttery light; Del's screaming, shrill as an angry hawk's, stabbed through Joanna's panic like the senseless sounds of nightmare. The Silicon Mage
- ‘It's just fun, almost a caricature version of rockabilly,’ adds the Gutter Demon's bassist Flipper.
- In the past, asbestos has been widely used by South African companies to produce a wide range of products, including gaskets, seals, brake linings, roofing sheets, gutters and other building products, waste pipes and flower pots.
- You were not able to check whether there were any splits or tears in the lead in the parapet gutter?