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noun
1.
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.
EXPANDa 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.
COLLAPSESlang. 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.
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Gutting
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
adjective
Idiom13.
Informal.
a.
basic or essential: to discuss the gut issues.
b.
based on instincts or emotions: a gut reaction; gut decisions.
14.
spill one's guts, Slang. to tell all; lay oneself bare: the famous star spills his guts in his autobiography.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gut, guttes (plural), Old English guttas (plural), akin to gēotan to pour
before 1000; Middle English gut, guttes (plural), Old English guttas (plural), akin to gēotan to pour
Related forms
gut·like, adjective
un·gut·ted, adjective
Synonyms
2b. pluck.
2b. pluck.
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Word Origin & History
gut
O.E. guttas (pl.) "bowels, entrails," related to geotan "to pour," from PIE *gh(e)u- "pour." Related to M.Du. gote, Ger. Gosse "gutter, drain," M.E. gote "channel, stream." Meaning "easy college course" is student slang from 1916, probably from obsolete slang sense of "feast" (the connecting notion is
EXPAND"something that one can eat up"). Sense of "inside contents of anything" (usually pl.) is from 1580. Figurative pl. guts "spirit, courage," first recorded 1893; hence gutless "cowardly" (1915). The verb meaning "to remove the guts of" (of fish, etc.) is from c.1300. To hate (someone's) guts is first attested 1918. Gut reaction is 1963, probably a back-formation from gutsy (1936) "tough, plucky."
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Medical Dictionary
gut (gŭt)
n.
The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.
The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.
guts The bowels; entrails; viscera.
A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as suture material in surgery.
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Science Dictionary
| GUT
Abbreviation of grand unified theory See unified field theory. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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