innards

[in-erdz]

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noun (used with a plural verb)

the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something: an engine's innards.

Origin of innards

1815–25; variant of inwards, noun use of inward

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Examples from the Web for innards

Contemporary Examples

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS
Marlow Stern
January 8, 2015
One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks
M.L. Nestel
December 19, 2014
Or you can mount a flayed rabbit to hang in your living room while a chef turns its innards into a nose-to-tail feast.
Edible Taxidermy: It’s a Good Thing
Lizzie Crocker
August 5, 2014
But when I heard someone cock his rifle, I felt my innards dissolve.
My Harrowing Kidnapping Ordeal in Syria
Balint Szlanko
January 29, 2013
The book delivers a torrent of detail, in a form as precisely machined as the innards of a Swiss watch.
The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans
James McGirk
November 5, 2012

Historical Examples

That's a better bandobust than baynit get it in your innards.
Soldiers Three, Part II.
Rudyard Kipling
He gave you three the127 head, and the hoofs, and the innards, and the tail.
The Man Who Lost Himself
H. De Vere Stacpoole
Oh, I dunno, Jud, but I've got a powerful hurtin' in my innards.
The Bishop of Cottontown
John Trotwood Moore
This city will destroy itself, like a rat eating its own innards.
The Saracen: The Holy War
Robert Shea
So saying, he let the grateful sunlight into the Dromedary's innards.
Humour of the North
Lawrence J. Burpee

British Dictionary definitions for innards

innards

pl n informal

the internal organs of the body, esp the viscera
the interior parts or components of anything, esp the working parts

Word Origin

C19: colloquial variant of inwards

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Word Origin and History for innards

n.

1825, innerds, dialectal variant of inwards "the bowels" (c.1300); see inward.

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Examples from the Web for innards

Contemporary Examples

Our animators are very excited to be drawing the innards of a human being.

One customer retooled a Nintendo Wii with its innards switched out for glued pennies.

Or you can mount a flayed rabbit to hang in your living room while a chef turns its innards into a nose-to-tail feast.

But when I heard someone cock his rifle, I felt my innards dissolve.

The book delivers a torrent of detail, in a form as precisely machined as the innards of a Swiss watch.

Historical Examples

That's a better bandobust than baynit get it in your innards.

He gave you three the127 head, and the hoofs, and the innards, and the tail.

Oh, I dunno, Jud, but I've got a powerful hurtin' in my innards.

This city will destroy itself, like a rat eating its own innards.

So saying, he let the grateful sunlight into the Dromedary's innards.

innards

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Word Origin and History for innards

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