innards
/ˈɪnədz
/plural noun informal
1Entrails.Haggis traditionally contains sheep innards such as lungs and hearts, and this dish is clearly not for those whose stomachs are of a delicate disposition....
- Grasp the squid's head and innards as far inside the body as you can; pull gently.
- Hill struggled under the horse's weight, the stench of burnt flesh and innards assaulting his nose like a locomotive.
Synonyms
entrails, internal organs, vital organs, viscera, intestines, bowels, guts
informal insides
British archaic numbles
1.1The internal workings of a device or machine.The strings drone and yawn as if they were the innards of some great machine that makes everything turn....
- But when you're done you can see the innards of the machine while you use it.
- He had a special key to do this and only he was allowed to fiddle with the innards of the machines.
Origin
Early 19th century: representing a dialect pronunciation of inwards, used as a noun.
This represents a dialect pronunciation of inwards, used as a noun. The more respectable intestine (late 16th century) means much the same, coming from the Latin for ‘internal’.