Gutter

n. channel for carrying off fluid, conduit, drainpipe

v. flow in a channel; flicker, sputter, grow weak (i.e. candle flame)

Gutter may refer to:Rain gutter, a narrow channel which collects rainwater from the roof of a building and diverts it away from the structure, typically into a drainStreet gutter, a depression which runs alongside a city street and diverts rain and street-cleaning water off of the street and into a storm drain
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Noun
1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
(synonym) trough
(hypernym) channel
(hyponym) chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
(part-holonym) gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
2. 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"
(synonym) sewer, toilet
(hypernym) misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck
3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
(hypernym) worker
(derivation) gut
4. a tool for gutting fish
(hypernym) hand tool
(derivation) gut
Verb
1. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
(hypernym) burn, glow
2. flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
3. wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
(hypernym) probe, dig into, poke into
4. provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(derivation) trough

(v. t.)
To supply with a gutter or gutters.
  

(v. t.)
To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
  

(v. i.)
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
  

(n.)
Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
  

(n.)
A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.
  

(n.)
A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
  

N
throat| neck; gullet; (reference to gluttony/appetite); swollen throat| goiter