noun

1. a trough or channel along or under the eaves of a roof, to carry off rain water
2. a narrow channel along the side of a road or street, to carry off water, as to a sewer
3. a place or state of living characterized by filth, poverty, squalor, etc.
4. a channel or groove like a gutter, as the groove on either side of a bowling alley
5. the adjoining inner margins of two facing pages in a book, magazine, etc.

Etymology: ME gotere < OFr gutiere < L gutta, a drop

transitive verb

intransitive verb

1. to flow in a stream
2. to melt rapidly so that the wax runs down the side in channels: said of a candle