gutter

a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

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”

a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

a tool for gutting fish

burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

• “The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground”

flow in small streams

• “Tears guttered down her face”

wear or cut gutters into

• “The heavy rain guttered the soil”

provide with gutters

• “gutter the buildings”