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gut feeling

American

[guht feel-ing] / ˈgʌt ˈfil ɪŋ /

noun

a personal, intuitive judgment, hunch, or inclination with regard to someone's character, a course of action, an idea, etc.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

gut feelings

plural

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gut feeling

I am going with my heart here, really, because I want to see an Argentina-England semi-final, but my gut feeling is Messi will have another moment to send his team through.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

“My gut feeling is more of these are citizens than not.”

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2026

“I just went with a gut feeling, and it felt like we needed seven, minimum,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

A few days before the assignment I had this gut feeling that I wanted a portrait of the bestselling author with a wall of mirrors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

Perhaps it was a gut feeling, but she couldn’t be more wrong.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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