gutter

/'gʌtə/
Noun
  1. a tool for gutting fish
  2. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
  3. 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
  4. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Verb
  1. provide with gutters
    • gutter the buildings
  2. wear or cut gutters into
    • The heavy rain guttered the soil
  3. flow in small streams
    • Tears guttered down her face
  4. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
    • The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground

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A child drops a leaf into the gutter to watch it float away.