slang In a state of total waste, failure, or ruination. My father's company is now going to be in the gutter because of the way the incompetent new CEO is running things.

What does gutter out mean?

intransitive verb. 1 : to become gradually weaker and then go out the candle guttered out. 2 : to end feebly or undramatically his screen career had slowly guttered out.

What does head in the gutter mean?

have one's mind in the gutter

tending to think of or say things that are obscene. Tiffany has her mind in the gutter. That's why she laughs at all that dirty stuff. Why do you tell so many dirty jokes? Do you always have your mind in the gutter.