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. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson). Courage; fortitude. Nerve; audacity.
guts The bowels; entrails; viscera. Slang Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson). Courage; fortitude. Nerve; audacity.
guts Slang Courage; fortitude. Nerve; audacity.
Slang A gut course. A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures. A narrow passage or channel. 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
To remove the intestines or entrails of; eviscerate. To extract essential or major parts of: gut a manuscript. To destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the house. 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. |