innards

[ in-erdz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
2. the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something:

   an engine's innards.

innards

/ ˈɪnədz /

plural noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of innards¹

1815–25; variant of inwards ( def ), noun use of inward

Word History and Origins

Origin of innards¹

C19: colloquial variant of inwards

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

Flopping over on his stomach, endeavoring to hold down the last remnants of his innards, he begged to be left alone.

From Project Gutenberg

I simply know that she's full of water aft and has got something serious the matter with her innards.

From Project Gutenberg

She would probably think it a very huge joke that she had been born with innards that made her different from everybody else.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately, Scraggsy, me an' Mac decided you might hate our innards but just the same you needed us in your business.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• guts
• insides