Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense guts, present participle gutting, past tense, past participle gutted
1. plural noun
A person's or animal's guts are all the organs inside them.
By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
2. verb
When someone guts a dead animal or fish, they prepare it for cooking by removing all the organs from inside it.
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: disembowel, draw, dress, clean More Synonyms of gut
3. singular noun
The gut is the tube inside the body of a person or animal through which food passes while it is beingdigested.
4. uncountable noun
Guts is the will and courage to do something which is difficult or unpleasant, or which might have unpleasant results.
[informal]
The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.
It takes more guts than I've usually got to go and see him.
5. singular noun [usually NOUN noun]
A gut feeling is based on instinct or emotion rather than reason.
Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
6. countable noun [usually singular]
You can refer to someone's stomach as their gut, especially when it is very large and sticks out.
[informal]
His gut sagged out over his belt.
Synonyms: paunch [informal], belly, spare tyre [British, slang], potbelly More Synonyms of gut
7. See also beer gut
8. plural noun [NOUNof noun]
The gutsof something, for example a subject or a machine, are the key elements of it, which make it work.
[informal]
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches.
The guts of the reactor have to be hauled out of the pressure vessel.
9. verb
To gut a building means to destroy the inside of it so that only its outside walls remain.
Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived. [VERB noun]
A factory stands gutted and deserted. [VERB-ed]
10. uncountable noun
Gut is string made from part of the stomach of an animal. Traditionally, it is used to make thestrings of sports rackets or musical instruments such as violins.
11. See also gutted
12.
See to bust a gut
13.
See to hate someone's guts
14.
See spill your guts
15.
See work your guts out
More Synonyms of gut
gut in British English
(ɡʌt)
noun
1.
a.
the lower part of the alimentary canal; intestine
b.
the entire alimentary canal
▶ Related adjective: visceral
2. (often plural)
the bowels or entrails, esp of an animal
3. slang
the belly; paunch
4. catgut
5.
a silky fibrous substance extracted from silkworms, used in the manufacture of fishing tackle
6.
a narrow channel or passage
7. (plural) informal
courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
8. (plural) informal
the essential part
the guts of a problem
9. bust a gut
10. have someone's guts for garters
11. hate a person's guts
12. sweat one's guts out
verbWord forms: guts, gutting or gutted(transitive)
13.
to remove the entrails from (fish, etc)
14.
(esp of fire) to destroy the inside of (a building)
15.
to plunder; despoil
the raiders gutted the city
16.
to take out the central points of (an article), esp in summary form
adjective
17. informal
arising from or characterized by what is basic, essential, or natural
a gut problem
a gut reaction
Derived forms
gutlike (ˈgutˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English gutt; related to gēotan to flow; see fusion
GUT in British English
(ɡʌt)
noun acronym for
grand unified theory
GUT in American English
grand unified (field) theory
gut in American English
(gʌt)
noun
1.
a. [pl.]
the bowels; entrails
b.
the stomach or belly
now often regarded as an indelicate usage
2.
all or part of the alimentary canal, esp. the intestine
3.
tough cord made from animal intestines, used for violin strings, surgical sutures, etc.; catgut
4.
the little bag of silk removed from a silkworm before it has spun its cocoon: made into strong cord for use in fishing tackle
5.
a narrow passage or gully, as of a stream or path
6. [pl.]; Informal
the basic, inner or deeper parts
7. [pl.]; Informal
a.
daring, courage, perseverance, vigor, etc.
b.
impudence; effrontery
c.
power or force
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgutted or ˈgutting
8.
to remove the intestines from; eviscerate
9.
to destroy the interior of, as by fire
adjective Slang
10.
urgent and basic or fundamental
the gut issues of a campaign
11.
easy; simple
a gut course in college
Idioms:
hate someone's guts
Word origin
ME < OE guttas, pl. < base of geotan, to pour: for IE base see gust1
More idioms containing
gut
bust a gut
Examples of 'gut' in a sentence
gut
They said the drugs may alter how the immune system works and disrupt gut bacteria.
The Sun (2016)
That in itself might put out the fire in your gut.
The Sun (2017)
The trick is to resist thinking too much and to go with the gut.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Gut feeling has very little to do with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My gut instinct is that we need to rediscover certain things that politicians are understandably reluctant to talk about.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She's absolutely gutted when the test comes back positive.
The Sun (2016)
We're likely to take that gut feeling seriously.
The Sun (2016)
We've also found them in the guts of fish and turtles and the tissues of other animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My dad was absolutely gutted.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He said: 'I was gutted not to qualify this year.
The Sun (2017)
We hope that more show some guts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You could see he was absolutely gutted.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You will see the guts as you cut.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My gut says something is going on.
The Sun (2015)
You have to go with your gut instinct.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All his guts and intestines were spilling out and slapping against my hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
What is it about the guts that make them so embarrassing?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People with sensitive guts should avoid or reduce the intake of such foods.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To be that outspoken at that age takes some guts!
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But they are not using gut strings.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The fire completely gutted the old wood and brick building.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
To do that takes guts and courage so to see him playing like that was so pleasing.
The Sun (2006)
Your gut instinct is always the right instinct.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Carbon dioxide is produced by chemical reactions in the gut.
The Sun (2012)
The results proved that money cannot buy happiness but sheer hard work and guts do.
The Sun (2008)
He had had a large section of gut removed and was struggling for life on a ventilator.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The mixture was stuffed into a casing made of animal gut and boiled in a pot suspended over an open fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The wreckage of the gutted building continued to burn throughout yesterday and fire bosses warned the flames could burn all week.
The Sun (2013)
When it came to policy, he followed his gut rather than ideology.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The blood, guts and swearing is not what a lot of his fans will expect.
The Sun (2014)
The strings were made of natural gut, which proved expensive and inconsistent.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The anger boiled up inside me My gut instinct had been spot on.
The Sun (2013)
Most cases are caused by problems in your stomach or gut which mean you can't absorb it.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
gut
British English: gut /ɡʌt/ NOUN
A person's or animal's guts are all their internal organs.
She cleaned out all the fish guts.
American English: gut
Arabic: مَعْي
Brazilian Portuguese: intestino
Chinese: 内脏
Croatian: utroba
Czech: střevo
Danish: indvolde
Dutch: ingewanden
European Spanish: tripa
Finnish: suoli
French: intestins
German: Darm
Greek: έντερο
Italian: intestino
Japanese: 腸
Korean: 창자
Norwegian: tarm
Polish: jelito
European Portuguese: intestino
Romanian: organe interne
Russian: кишка
Latin American Spanish: tripa
Swedish: tarm
Thai: ไส้พุง
Turkish: bağırsak
Ukrainian: кишечник
Vietnamese: ruột
British English: gut VERB
When someone guts a dead animal or fish, they prepare it for cooking by removing all the organs from inside it.
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.
American English: gut
Brazilian Portuguese: estripar
Chinese: 取出…的内脏
European Spanish: destripar
French: vider
German: ausnehmen
Italian: svuotare
Japanese: はらわたを取る
Korean: 내장을 빼내다
European Portuguese: estripar
Latin American Spanish: destripar
All related terms of 'gut'
gut out
to endure (difficulties) with bravery and persistence (esp in the phrase gut it out )
gut-rot
a type of food or alcoholic drink that is unpleasant and poor in quality
beer gut
A beer gut is the same as a → beer belly .
blind gut
→ cecum
gut check
a pause to assess the state, progress , or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution
gut course
a university course that is very easy
gut feeling
an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
bust a gut
to work very hard at something
gut-churning
nerve-wracking
gut instinct
an instinctive feeling , as opposed to an opinion or idea based on facts
gut reaction
a reaction to a situation derived from a person's instinct and experience
gut-wrenching
Gut-wrenching events or experiences make you feel extremely shocked or upset .
Gut of Canso
a cape in Canada, at the NE tip of Nova Scotia
hindgut
the part of the vertebrate digestive tract comprising the colon and rectum
to bust a gut
To bust a gut means to work very hard trying to achieve something.
Chinese translation of 'gut'
gut
(ɡʌt)
n
(c) (= intestine) 肠(腸)子 (chángzi)
(u) (Mus, Sport) (also catgut)
羊肠(腸)线(線) (yángchángxiàn)
(c) (= pot belly) 肚子 (dùzi)
vt
[animal, fish]取出 ... 的内(內)脏(臟) (qǔchū ... de nèizàng)
[building]损(損)毁(毀) ... 的内(內)部 (sǔnhuǐ ... de nèibù)
cpd
[feeling, reaction, instinct]直觉(覺) (zhíjué)
Derived Forms
gutsn pl
(Anat) [of person, animal]内(內)脏(臟) (nèizàng)
(= courage) 勇气(氣) (yǒngqì) : to hate sb's guts对(對)某人恨之入骨 (duì mǒurén hèn zhī rù gǔ)
(noun)
Definition
the internal organs of a person or an animal
His gut sagged over his belt.
Synonyms
paunch (informal)
He was developing a paunch.
belly
The dog rolled onto its back so its belly could be scratched.
spare tyre (British, slang)
potbelly
puku (New Zealand)
1 (verb)
Definition
courage, willpower, or daring
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.
Synonyms
disembowel
an animal which stalks and disembowels its prey
draw
dress
clean
eviscerate
strangling and eviscerating rabbits for the pot
2 (verb)
Definition
basic, essential, or natural
The church had been gutted by vandals.
Synonyms
ravage
Drought ravaged the area.
strip
The government is slowly stripping us of our rights.
empty
I emptied the washing machine.
sack
Imperial troops sacked the French ambassador's residence in Rome.
rifle
The child rifled the till while her mother distracted the postmistress.
plunder
They plundered and burned the town.
clean out
ransack
Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying.
pillage
Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
despoil (formal)
the modern day industry which has despoiled the town
(adjective)
At first my gut reaction was to simply walk out of there.
Synonyms
instinctive
It's an instinctive reaction. If a child falls you pick it up.
natural
He has a natural flair for business.
basic
emotional
spontaneous
a spontaneous reaction
innate
As a race, they have an innate sense of fairness.
intuitive
A positive pregnancy test soon confirmed her intuitive feelings.
hard-wired
involuntary
A surge of pain caused me to give an involuntary shudder.
heartfelt
deep-seated
unthinking
Bruce was no unthinking vandal.
related words
technical nameviscera
related adjectivevisceral
Additional synonyms
in the sense of belly
Definition
the stomach
The dog rolled onto its back so its belly could be scratched.
Synonyms
stomach,
insides (informal),
gut,
abdomen,
tummy (informal),
paunch,
vitals,
breadbasket (slang),
potbelly,
corporation (informal),
puku (New Zealand)
in the sense of despoil
Definition
to plunder
the modern day industry which has despoiled the town