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Definition of gutter verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

gutter

verb

NAmE//ˈɡʌt̮ər//

[intransitive] (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gutter

he / she / it gutters

past simple guttered

-ing form guttering

(of a flame or candle) to burn in an unsteady way The candle guttered in the wind.

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