gut /gut/

1. The alimentary canal, esp the lower part
2. The stomach
3. The belly, paunch (informal)
4. (in pl) the viscera
5. Sheep's or other intestines or silkworm's glands prepared for use as violin strings, etc
6. (in pl) the inner or essential parts
7. (in pl) stamina, toughness of character, tenacity, staying power, endurance, forcefulness (informal)
8. A narrow passage
9. A strait or channel
10. A lane

1. (of feelings or reactions) strong, deeply personal, basic or instinctive
2. (of issues, etc) having immediate impact, arousing strong feelings

1. To take out the guts of
2. To remove the contents of
3. To reduce to a shell (by burning, dismantling, plundering, etc)
4. To extract what is essential from

gutˈful or gutsˈful noun (Aust and NZ informal)

One's fill, more than enough

gutˈless adjective

Cowardly, lacking strength of character

gutˈlessly adverb

gutˈlessness noun

guts intransitive verb and transitive verb (gutˈsing; gutsed) (informal)

To eat greedily

gutser see gutzer below

gutsful see gutful above

gutsˈily adverb (Scot and informal)

gutsˈiness noun (Scot and informal)

gutsˈy adjective

1. Having pluck or nerve (informal)
2. Lusty, passionate (informal)
3. Gluttonous (Scot)

guttˈed adjective (informal)

Extremely shocked, upset or disappointed

guttˈer noun

guttˈle transitive verb and intransitive verb

To eat greedily

gutˈzer or gutˈser noun (Aust and NZ)

1. A glutton
2. A heavy fall (come a gutser to take a heavy fall; to fail or crash)

gutbucket /gutˈbuk-it/ noun

1. A rhythmically simple, raucous, earthy and emotional style of playing jazz
2. A fat or gluttonous person (informal)

gut flora

Same as intestinal flora under intestine

gutˈrot noun (informal)

1. Rough, cheap alcohol
2. A stomach upset

gutˈ-scraper noun (facetious)

A fiddler, violinist

gutˈ-wrenching adjective (informal)

Highly emotional

bust a gut (informal)

To make a great deal of strenuous effort

guts it out

To endure discomfort with fortitude

hate someone's guts (informal)

To have a violent dislike for someone

have had a gutful (of) (informal)

To be thoroughly fed up (with), have had as much as, or more than, one is prepared to tolerate (of)

have someone's guts (for garters) (informal)

To inflict severe punishment or harm on someone (usu used as a threat)

work, sweat or slog one's guts out (informal)

To work extremely hard

• grumbling appendixes
• grumblingly
• grumblings
• grumbly
• grume
• grumes
• grumly
• grummer
• grummest
• grummet
• grummet-hole
• grummet-holes
• grummets
• grumness
• grumnesses
• grumose
• grumous
• grump
• grumped
• grumph
• grumphed
• grumphie
• grumphies
• grumphing
• grumphs