the gutter

noun

: the lowest or poorest conditions of human life

He squandered all his money and wound up in the gutter.

Examples of the gutter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our team also designed a wind load reduction device that attaches to the gutter system along the roof line. — Arindam Chowdhury, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

That excess water poured over the gutter in waves, pooling under my basement window, then seeped into the sheetrock. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Without their two sluggers in the middle of the order, the Yankees’ offense has been in the gutter. — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Elliott chose the gutter, and the voters chose to leave him out there on his own. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the gutter

• stonecutter
• woodcutter
• butter
• clutter
• cutter
• flutter
• mutter
• nutter
• putter
• rutter
• shutter
• sputter