The entire carcass - hide, guts, and bones - was devoured.
By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
2. informal
courage, willpower, or daring; forcefulness
It takes guts to stand up to her.
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.
3. informal
the essential part
the guts of the problem
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.
4. to have sb's guts for garters
5. to hate sb's guts
6. to spill your guts
7. to work your guts out
Examples of 'guts' in a sentence
guts
It takes guts to go on the show.
The Sun (2015)
It takes a lot of guts to build a car company and put your name on it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Finally, he has oodles of sheer guts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It takes guts for the natural parent to step aside, but this pays off in the long run.
Steinberg, Laurence & Levine, Ann You and Your Adolescent: A Parents' Guide for Ages 10 to 20 (1990)
Synonyms of 'guts'
intestines, insides, stomach, belly
courage, spirit, nerve, daring
More Synonyms of guts
All related terms of 'guts'
gut
A person's or animal's guts are all the organs inside them.
catgut
a strong cord made from the dried intestines of sheep and other animals that is used for stringing certain musical instruments and sports rackets , and, when sterilized , as surgical ligatures
grand unified theory
any of a number of theories of elementary particles and fundamental interactions designed to explain the gravitational , electromagnetic , strong, and weak interactions in terms of a single mathematical formalism
thairm
a strong cord made from the dried intestines of sheep and other animals that is used for stringing certain musical instruments and sports rackets , and, when sterilized , as surgical ligatures
greedy guts
a glutton
misery guts
if you describe someone as a misery guts , you mean they are miserable when they could or should be happy
gut out
to endure (difficulties) with bravery and persistence (esp in the phrase gut it out )
spill one's guts
to divulge everything one knows or reveal all one's personal problems
spill your guts
If someone spills their guts , they tell you everything about something secret or private .
beer gut
A beer gut is the same as a → beer belly .
blind gut
→ cecum
hate someone's guts
to hate someone intensely
to hate sb's guts
If you hate someone's guts , you dislike them very much indeed.
to spill your guts
if someone spills their guts , they tell you everything about something secret or private
work your guts out
If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out , you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can .
hate a person's guts
to dislike a person very strongly
sweat one's guts out
to work very hard
to work your guts out
to work very hard
beer belly
If a man has a beer belly , he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.
have someone's guts for garters
to inflict a severe punishmnnet on someone
to have sb's guts for garters
to be extremely angry with someone
1 (plural noun)
The crew were standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
Synonyms
intestines
insides (informal)
stomach
belly
bowels
I had a relentless pain in my bowels.
inwards
innards (informal)
What happens to the innards of a carcass hung up for butchery?
entrails
The ancient soothsayers used to read the entrails of dead animals.
2 (plural noun)
(informal)
The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.
Synonyms
courage
spirit
nerve
daring
pluck
grit
backbone
willpower
bottle (slang)
audacity
mettle
boldness
spunk (informal)
forcefulness
hardihood
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bowels
Definition
entrails
I had a relentless pain in my bowels.
Synonyms
guts,
insides (informal),
intestines,
innards (informal),
entrails,
viscera,
vitals
in the sense of entrails
Definition
the internal organs of a person or animal
The ancient soothsayers used to read the entrails of dead animals.
Synonyms
intestines,
insides (informal),
guts,
bowels,
offal,
internal organs,
innards (informal),
vital organs,
viscera
in the sense of innards
Definition
the internal organs of the body, esp. the entrails
What happens to the innards of a carcass hung up for butchery?