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gutsy

[ guht-see ]

adjective

, Informal.
, guts·i·er, guts·i·est.
  1. having a great deal of courage or nerve:

    a gutsy lampooner of the administration.

  2. robust, vigorous, or earthy; lusty:

    gutsy writing; a gutsy red wine.



gutsy

/ ˈɡʌtsɪ /

adjective

  1. gluttonous; greedy
  2. full of courage, determination, or boldness


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Other Words From

  • gutsi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gutsy1

1890–95; guts ( def ) (in the sense “fortitude”) + -y 1; -sy

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Example Sentences

I test drove the high-test M440i model, with its gutsy engine, sport-tuned suspension and impressive braking.

That might sound simple, but as Kaltura and Intermedia Cloud Communications have pushed their IPOs back, it’s a bit gutsy.

The gutsy — possibly crazy — scientists who risked death testing vaccines on themselves

Alex Ovechkin’s gutsy effort isn’t enough, and the shorthanded Capitals fall to the FlyersKuznetsov, who revealed Monday that he experienced symptoms, is considered day-to-day, Capitals Coach Peter Laviolette said.

He couldn’t do everything, but what a gutsy performance, what a tough and special young man Justin Fields is.

This was a long, gutsy, attritional game played by two flawed teams who failed to force enough shots on goal.

The goal came off his tummy inside the Portuguese box, an apt way to score for a very gutsy player.

With a hammer-like left hook and crushing body shots, Provodnikov was beating his gutsy foe down, body part by body part.

The FBI interviewed the remarkably gutsy Jeff Bauman in intensive care.

The princess calls her “a gutsy woman” and believes the rules on driving can change.

In fact, it was just the sort of brave thing that the gutsy little kid might have had the balls to report on.

Sid and Martin made this charming little domestic scene so natural yet gutsy too that I wanted to shout hooray.

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