gutty

[ guht-ee ]

/ ˈgʌt i /

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adjective, gut·ti·er, gut·ti·est.

Informal. showing spirit; plucky; gutsy: a gutty attempt to kick a field goal.

Words nearby gutty

guttle, guttural, gutturalize, gutturalized, gutturonasal, gutty, guv, guy, guy fawkes day, guy friday, guyana

Origin of gutty

First recorded in 1935–40; gut + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for gutty

With a gutty ball it was really a fine long, slashing carry, and to play short was sometimes the better part of valour.
The Golf Courses of the British Isles|Bernard Darwin
This was good work for a lady, especially as I rather fancy she must have been using the gutty ball at that time.
The Happy Golfer|Henry Leach
Certainly the score with which the championship was won was phenomenally low for those days of gutty balls.
The Golf Courses of the British Isles|Bernard Darwin
There were more short drivers than there are now, in the days of the solid "gutty" ball.
Fifty Years of Golf|Horace G. Hutchinson

Bunkers that were once quite deep in the old days of the gutty are in too many cases shallow and useless under the new conditions.
The Complete Golfer [1905]|Harry Vardon

British Dictionary definitions for gutty

gutty

/ (ˈɡʌtɪ) /

noun plural -ties Irish dialect

an urchin or delinquent

a low-class person

Word Origin for gutty

probably from gutter, perhaps from the compound guttersnipe

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gutty

adjective, gut·ti·er, gut·ti·est.

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Words nearby gutty

Origin of gutty

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British Dictionary definitions for gutty

noun plural -ties Irish dialect

Word Origin for gutty