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gut
1[ guht ]
noun
- guts,
- bowels or entrails.
- Informal. courage and fortitude; nerve; determination; stamina:
Climbing that cliff takes a lot of guts.
- the inner working parts of a machine or device:
The mechanic had the guts of the refrigerator laid out on the kitchen floor.
- the belly; stomach; abdomen.
- the substance forming the case of the intestine; intestinal tissue or fiber:
sheep's gut.
- a preparation of the intestines of an animal, used for various purposes, as for violin strings, tennis rackets, or fishing lines.
- the silken substance taken from a silkworm killed when about to spin its cocoon, used in making snells for fishhooks.
- a narrow passage, as a channel of water or a defile between hills.
- Slang. Also gut course. snap course.
verb (used with object)
- to take out the guts or entrails of; disembowel.
- to destroy the interior of:
Fire gutted the building.
- to plunder (a house, city, etc.) of contents:
Invaders gutted the village.
- to remove the vital or essential parts from:
The prisoner's letters were gutted by heavy censorship.
adjective
- Informal.
- basic or essential:
to discuss the gut issues.
- based on instincts or emotions:
a gut reaction; gut decisions.
GUT
2- grand unification theory.
GUT
1/ É¡ÊŒ³Ù /
acronym for
- grand unified theory
gut
2/ É¡ÊŒ³Ù /
noun
- the lower part of the alimentary canal; intestine
- the entire alimentary canal visceral
- often plural the bowels or entrails, esp of an animal
- slang.the belly; paunch
- See catgut
- a silky fibrous substance extracted from silkworms, used in the manufacture of fishing tackle
- a narrow channel or passage
- informal.plural courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
- informal.plural the essential part
the guts of a problem
- bust a gut informal.to make an intense effort
- have someone's guts for garters informal.to be extremely angry with someone
- hate a person's guts informal.to dislike a person very strongly
- sweat one's guts out or work one's guts out informal.to work very hard
verb
- to remove the entrails from (fish, etc)
- (esp of fire) to destroy the inside of (a building)
- to plunder; despoil
the raiders gutted the city
- to take out the central points of (an article), esp in summary form
adjective
- informal.arising from or characterized by what is basic, essential, or natural
a gut reaction
a gut problem
GUT
1- Abbreviation of grand unified theory See unified field theory
gut
2/ ²µÅ³Ù /
- The intestine of a vertebrate animal.
- The alimentary canal of an invertebrate animal.
- The tube in a vertebrate embryo that later develops into the alimentary canal, lungs, and liver.
Derived Forms
- ˈ²µ³Ü³ÙËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ³Ü³Ù·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·²µ³Ü³Ù·³Ù±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gut1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gut1
Idioms and Phrases
- spill one's guts, Slang. to tell all; lay oneself bare; confess everything:
The celebrity chef spills his guts in his autobiography.
More idioms and phrases containing gut
In addition to the idiom beginning with gut , also see bust a gut ; hate someone's guts ; have the guts .Example Sentences
“Mexicans aren’t as fond of gore or guts, which zombie films often lend themselves to,†Ezban offers as a reason for the lack of homegrown iterations.
There was a purity within us as young creators — we hadn’t been tainted by the world in a way, so it was like we could trust our gut.
Answer: After losing your home and finding out you were underinsured, the news that you might have a taxable gain must have been a gut punch.
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Trump and his cronies threaten or have already gutted organizations devoted to caring for veterans, the elderly, the medically vulnerable and other marginalized populations.
That’s still devastating — but it also reveals the administration’s number to be 3 to 5 times higher than best-practice estimates, weaponized rhetorically to gut public health programs that have nothing to do with opioids.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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