gut

Pluralguts

Formsguts, gutting, gutted

1. 1
   intestinesnouncountable or uncountable

   The tube inside your body that food passes through after you eat.

   Like a long tube that carries food through your body.

   Eating fiber keeps your gut healthy.

   Bacteria living in the gut help break down food.

   UsageSay gut health. Guts means all the insides.

   Similarintestines, bowels

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2. 2
   strip outverbtransitive

   To take out or wreck the most important parts of something.

   Like taking everything important out of a box until it's empty.

   Workers came to gut the old apartment before the remodel.

   The new budget guts funding for libraries.

   UsageOften in gutted by fire.

   Similarstrip, eviscerate, devastate, ravage

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3. 3
   inner feelingnouncountable or uncountable

   The deep inner feelings that tell you something without clear reasons.

   Like a small voice inside that warns you before you can think why.

   My gut told me something was wrong.

   Trust your gut when you feel afraid.

   UsageSay trust your gut or my gut tells me.

   Similarinstinct, intuition, heart

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4. 4
   bellynouncolloquialcountable or uncountable

   The belly, especially a large or round one.

   He patted his gut after the big meal.

   Years of rich food gave him a round gut.

   UsageOften in beer gut or suck in your gut.

   Similarbelly, paunch, stomach, potbelly

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5. 5
   adjective

   Coming from quick feelings rather than careful thought.

   Like knowing an answer before you've had time to think it through.

   He made a gut decision and took the job that same day.

   His gut reaction was to say no.

   UsageUsed before a noun: gut feeling.

   Similarinstinctive, intuitive, visceral

   Oppositerational, reasoned, considered

6. 6
   clean (animal)verbtransitive

   To take out the insides, especially the organs, of an animal.

   Like cleaning out a pumpkin before carving it.

   The chef showed us how to gut a fish.

   They gut the salmon as soon as they catch it.

   Similarclean, disembowel, eviscerate, dress

7. 7
   crushverbtransitive

   To make someone lose all hope or courage.

   Like having all the air let out of you at once.

   The bad news gutted the whole team.

   Losing the final will gut him.

   UsageSay I was gutted: very sad and let down.

   Similardevastate, crush, shatter, dishearten, demoralize

   Oppositehearten, encourage, uplift

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8. 8
   of animal cordnoununcountable

   Strong cord made from animal intestines, used for violin strings and tennis rackets.

   Like thread, but made from an animal's insides instead of cotton.

   The old racket was strung with gut.

   Some violinists still prefer strings made of gut.

9. 9
   of animal cordadjective

   Made from animal gut, as some strings and cords are.

   She replaced the broken gut string on her violin.

   Old tennis rackets often had gut strings.

10. 10
    noun

    Being brave and strong-minded enough to do something hard or unpleasant.

    He didn't have the guts to tell his boss the truth.

    She showed a lot of guts by finishing the race with a hurt ankle.

    Similarcourage, nerve, bravery, backbone, grit

    Oppositecowardice

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