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Gutted
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- 1 Eviscerated. not-comparable
"The exports, on the whole, in 1815, exceeded those of 1816; but the gutted herrings exported in the latter year exceeded those of the former by 12606½ barrels"
- 2 With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.
"(referring to the practice of newspapers removing all intermediate vowels from the names of people about whom they were making potentially libelous statements, as eg Fl-r-o, compare 1714 cite of past participle, below) For he to keep him from the vapours, /Subscribed at Hookham's, saw the papers; /Was deep in poet's-corner wit; /Knew what was in italics writ; /Explain'd fictitious names at will, /Each gutted syllable cou'd fill; /There oft, in paragraphs, his name /Gave symptom sweet of growing fame."
- 3 Having a gut or guts. archaic
"Having spoke thus, she took the ugliest of her monsters, full gutted from her spleen, and flung it invisibly into his mouth, which, flying straight up into his head, squeezed out his eye-balls, gave him a distorted look, and half overturned his brain."
- 4 Deeply disappointed or crushed, as by defeat, failure, or loss; let down. slang
"The whole platoon had felt gutted, an attitude rarely reflected in press reporters."
- 1 simple past and past participle of gut form-of, participle, past
Etymology
From Middle English gutted, gotted, equivalent to gut + -ed.
From Middle English gutted, gotted, equivalent to gut + -ed.
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