gutter
[noun]
Synonyms: drain, channel, conduit, ditch, sluice, trench, trough

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I. gut‧ter¹ /ˈɡʌtə $ -ər/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: goutiere, from goute 'drop'; ⇒ gout]

1. [countable] the low part at the edge of a road where water collects and flows away:
The gutters were blocked and overflowing.

2.
[countable] an open pipe fixed to the edge of a roof to collect and carry away rainwater

3. the gutter the bad social conditions of the lowest and poorest level of society:
Men like him usually ended up in jail – or the gutter.

4. the gutter press British English the newspapers that print shocking stories about people’s personal lives – used to show disapproval ⇒ tabloid

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II. gutter² verb [intransitive]
literary if a candle gutters, it burns with an unsteady flame

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