| Gutter 1. (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. (n.) A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. 3. (n.) Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. 4. (v. t.) To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. 5. (v. t.) To supply with a gutter or gutters. 6. (v. i.) To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. Thesaurus Entries aqueduct, beat, beneath one, bicker, broad, canal, canalization, channel, cheap, chute, cloaca, cloaca maxima, coarse, crimp, cut, dance, debasing, degrading, demeaning, deplorable, dike, disgraceful, ditch, drain, earthy, eaves trough, entrenchment, flap, flick, flicker, flip, flit, flitter, flop, flutter, fosse, frank, go pitapat, goffer, gross, guide, ha-ha, headchute, humiliating, humiliative, infra dig, infra indignitatem, kennel, low, moat, opprobrious, outrageous, palpitate, penstock, pentrough, piscina, pitiful, pitter-patter, pleat, pulse, rank, raw, sad, scandalous, scupper, sewer, shameful, shocking, shoot, sink, slat, sluice, sorry, sough, splutter, sputter, sump, sunk fence, throb, too bad, trench, trough, unbecoming, uncouth, unworthy of one, vulgar, wave, waver |