1. a shallow channel at the edge of a street or roof for carrying away rainwater
2. the lowest or most degraded level of society or morality
Usage: figurative

1. to flicker and threaten to go out
2. to flow in streams

Examples

• Leaves clogged the gutter on our roof.
• Water rushed down the street gutter after the storm.
• The candle began to gutter in the wind.
• He was determined to rise above his gutter origins.
• Rain guttered down the windows.
• The old lamp guttered and went out.
• Clean the gutters before winter arrives.