Gut

//ɡʌt// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of grand unification theory or grand unified theory. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery wordnet
  4. 4
    The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged. countable, informal, uncountable

    "You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you."

  5. 5
    the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus wordnet
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  1. 6
    The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. uncountable
  2. 7
    a narrow channel or strait wordnet
  3. 8
    A person's emotional, visceral self. countable, uncountable

    "I have a funny feeling in my gut."

  4. 9
    A class that is not demanding or challenging. countable, informal, uncountable

    "You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut."

  5. 10
    A narrow passage of water. countable, uncountable

    "the Gut of Canso"

  6. 11
    The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To eviscerate. transitive

    "Holonym: field dress"

  2. 2
    remove the guts of wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove or destroy the most important parts of. transitive

    "Fire gutted the building."

  4. 4
    empty completely; destroy the inside of wordnet
  5. 5
    To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of). transitive

    "They were gutted by the court's decision."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of gut.

    "a violin with gut strings"

  2. 2
    Instinctive.

    "gut reaction"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Synonyms

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abdomencatguteviscerateintestinecatgutab ovo

Example

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"Years of heavy drinking has left John with a beer gut."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

Etymology 2

* As a German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, variant of Guth. Also compare Gutmann. * As an English surname, from the noun gut. See Gott.

Related phrases

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