to gutter
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8.1
- verb
- /ˈɡʌtər/
:
parpadear
- The candle had long since guttered out.
- the light guttered
- the flame guttered
- a candle guttered
Examples
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The fire guttered behind them with hisses.
Fiction book (1994) -
A few candles guttered and dripped on some of the tables, casting wavering shadows around the room.
Fiction book (1992) -
The candles were guttering; the moon made a path across the lake.
Fiction book (1991) -
Candles guttered on the dining table.
Fiction book (1995) -
Some of the candles gutter, then extinguish themselves as the wind around them rises.
Fiction book (1998) -
The candles guttered and flickered.
Fiction book (1999) -
One patio torch guttered out; several others were burning their last.
Fiction book (1997) -
A sudden gust of wind guttered out the candles.
Fiction book (1996) -
Their voices became murmurs, and at last the candles guttered.
Fiction book (1992) -
The draft from the closing door caused the flame to gutter, flickering as if it might go out.
Synonyms
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3.6
Move or shine in quick unsteady ways
Compounds
- Offensive
1
8.1
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gutter for a flame is a bit like a memory trick: a helpful way to remember it is to think of light 'draining away' like water in a gutter as it dies. So a light that gutters is burning weakly and about to go out.