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gut

  [guht] noun, verb, gut⋅ted, gut⋅ting, adjective
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–noun
1. the alimentary canal, esp. between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
2. guts,
a. the bowels or entrails.
b. Informal. courage and fortitude; nerve; determination; stamina: Climbing that cliff takes a lot of guts.
c. the inner working parts of a machine or device: The mechanic had the guts of the refrigerator laid out on the kitchen floor.
3. the belly; stomach; abdomen.
4. the substance forming the case of the intestine; intestinal tissue or fiber: sheep's gut.
5. a preparation of the intestines of an animal, used for various purposes, as for violin strings, tennis rackets, or fishing lines.
6. the silken substance taken from a silkworm killed when about to spin its cocoon, used in making snells for fishhooks.
7. a narrow passage, as a channel of water or a defile between hills.
8. Slang. a gut course.
–verb (used with object)
9. to take out the guts or entrails of; disembowel.
10. to destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the building.
11. to plunder (a house, city, etc.) of contents: Invaders gutted the village.
12. to remove the vital or essential parts from: The prisoner's letters were gutted by heavy censorship.
–adjective
13. Informal.
a. basic or essential: to discuss the gut issues.
b. based on instincts or emotions: a gut reaction; gut decisions.
—Idiom
14. spill one's guts, Slang. to tell all; lay oneself bare: the famous star spills his guts in his autobiography.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME gut, guttes (pl.), OE guttas (pl.), akin to gēotan to pour

Related forms:
gutlike, adjective

Synonyms:
2b. pluck.
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gut   (gŭt)   
n.  
    1. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.
    2. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.
    3. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty.
    4. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson).
    5. Courage; fortitude.
    6. Nerve; audacity.
  2. guts The bowels; entrails; viscera.
  3. Slang
    1. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty.
    2. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson).
    3. Courage; fortitude.
    4. Nerve; audacity.
  4. guts Slang
    1. Courage; fortitude.
    2. Nerve; audacity.
  5. Slang A gut course.
  6. A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures.
  7. A narrow passage or channel.
  8. Fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle.
tr.v.   gut·ted, gut·ting, guts
  1. To remove the intestines or entrails of; eviscerate.
  2. To extract essential or major parts of: gut a manuscript.
  3. To destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the house.
  4. To reduce or destroy the effectiveness of: A stipulation added at the last minute gutted the ordinance.
adj.   Slang
Arousing or involving basic emotions; visceral: "Conservationism is a gut issue in the West" (Saturday Review).

[From Middle English guttes, entrails, from Old English guttas; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
gut'ty adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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