noun

1. GUTTER, a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
2. GUTTER, a tool for gutting fish
3. GUTTER, a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
4. GUTTER, misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
5. GUTTER, a long, hollow device that is attached to the edges of a roof to catch rain and carry it away from a building
6. GUTTER, a low area at the side of a road that is used to catch water and carry it away from the road
7. GUTTER, a long, narrow low section along the sides of a bowling lane

verb

1. GUTTER, provide with gutters
2. GUTTER, wear or cut gutters into
3. GUTTER, flow in small streams
4. GUTTER, burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
5. GUTTER, of the worst kind : offensive or immoral

1. one of his chores is to clean leaves and sticks out of the gutters before winter sets in
2. rainwater running off the road into the gutters
3. a novel that does a good job of rendering the gutter language of that stratum of society