gut
- the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- guts,
- the 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. a gut course.
- 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.
- Informal.
- basic or essential: to discuss the gut issues.
- based on instincts or emotions: a gut reaction; gut decisions.
- spill one's guts, Slang. to tell all; lay oneself bare: the famous star spills his guts in his autobiography.
Origin of gut
Synonyms for gut
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comGUT
- grand unification theory.
Related Words for gut
innards, belly, ravage, decimate, ransack, eviscerate, loot, empty, interior, intimate, natural, basic, paunch, entrails, tummy, viscera, bowels, intestines, venter, duodenumExamples from the Web for gut
Contemporary Examples of gut
Since coffee can irritate the gut, she suggests opting for herbal tea instead.
Koenig has not been a sterile, objective narrator; she has openly voiced her biases, concerns, and gut feelings all along.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality EndEmily Shire
December 18, 2014
Now the gut was fueled not by Romanée-Conti and Château d'Yquem but by brandy--and a hell of a lot of it.
And while all he says he has spoken to still believe the interrogations saved lives, he said the report was a punch in the gut.
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to MeKimberly Dozier
December 11, 2014
But only once did a work of art really punch me in the gut—and it was as unsalable as they come.
Sneer and Clothing in Miami: Inside The $3 Billion Woodstock of Contemporary ArtJay Michaelson
December 6, 2014
Historical Examples of gut
Skin two or three eels, or some flounders; gut and wash them very clean, cut them into small pieces, and put them into a saucepan.
Take out the meat as whole as possible, split the tail, and remove the gut; and if the inside be not watery, it may be added.
These gut windows have their convenience as well as their inconvenience.
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog SledHudson Stuck
And the brightest sign yet for our future is the increasing demand for hooks and gut.
Crocker's HoleR. D. Blackmore
He covered a probang with the skin of a small eel, or the gut of a lamb or cat.
Zoonomia, Vol. IIErasmus Darwin
gut
- the lower part of the alimentary canal; intestine
- the entire alimentary canalRelated adjective: 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
- (plural) informal courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
- (plural) informal the essential partthe 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
- to remove the entrails from (fish, etc)
- (esp of fire) to destroy the inside of (a building)
- to plunder; despoilthe raiders gutted the city
- to take out the central points of (an article), esp in summary form
- informal arising from or characterized by what is basic, essential, or naturala gut problem; a gut reaction
Word Origin for gut
GUT
- grand unified theory
Word Origin and History for gut
Old English guttas (plural) "bowels, entrails," related to geotan "to pour," from PIE *gheu- "pour" (see found (v.2)). Related to Middle Dutch gote, Dutch goot, German Gosse "gutter, drain," Middle English gote "channel, stream." Meaning "abdomen, belly" is from c.1400. Meaning "easy college course" is student slang from 1916, probably from obsolete slang sense of "feast" (the connecting notion is "something that one can eat up"). Sense of "inside contents of anything" (usually plural) is from 1570s. To hate (someone's) guts is first attested 1918. The notion of the intestines as a seat of emotions is ancient (cf. bowel) and probably explains expressions such as gut reaction (1963), gut feeling (by 1970), and cf. guts. Gut check attested by 1976.
"to remove the guts of" (fish, etc.), late 14c., from gut (n.); figurative use by 1680s. Related: Gutted; gutting.
gut
(gŭt)- 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.
gut
- 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.
GUT
- Abbreviation of grand unified theory See unified field theory.
Idioms and Phrases with gut
gut
In addition to the idiom beginning with gut
- gut it out
also see:
- bust a gut
- hate someone's guts
- have the guts