noun
- channels along the edge of a roof or street that carry away rainwater
- the lowest or most degraded level of society
Usage: figurative
verb
- third person singular present of gutter; (of a candle or flame) flickers and burns unsteadily
Examples
- The gutters need to be cleaned before the rainy season.
- Leaves clogged the street gutters after the storm.
- He grew up in the gutters of the inner city.
- The candle gutters in the wind.
- Water flows from the roof into the gutters.
- The old gutters were replaced with new aluminum ones.
- She pulled herself up from the gutters to become successful.