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gut
(gŭt)n.
1.
a. The digestive tract or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.
b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.
c. guts The bowels or entrails; viscera.
2. Slang
a. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty.
b. guts The inner or essential parts: "The best part of a good car ... is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson).
3. guts Slang Courage; fortitude: It takes guts to be a rock climber.
4. Slang A gut course.
5.
a. Thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures.
b. Fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle.
6. A narrow passage or channel.
7. Sports
a. The central, lengthwise portion of a playing area.
b. The players occupying this space: The fullback ran up the gut of the defense.
tr.v. gut·ted, gut·ting, guts
1. To remove the intestines or entrails of; eviscerate.
2. To extract essential or major parts of: gut a manuscript.
3. To destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the house.
4. To reduce or destroy the effectiveness of: A stipulation added at the last minute gutted the ordinance.
adj. Slang
Idiom: Arousing or involving basic emotions; visceral: "Conservationism is a gut issue in the West" (Saturday Review).
gut it out Slang
To show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity.
gut′ty adj.
GUT
abbr.
grand unified theory
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Noun | 1. | guts - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
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Translations
أحْشاءشَجاعَه
odvahavnitřnosti
gåpåmodindvoldemod
bélbelsõségekmersz
hugrekkiinnyfli
pogum
cesaretiç organlaryüreklilik
gut
(gat) noun1. the tube in the lower part of the body through which food passes.
2. a strong thread made from the gut of an animal, used for violin strings etc.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈgutted – 1. to take the guts out of. Her job was to gut fish.
2. to destroy completely, except for the outer frame. The fire gutted the house.
guts noun plural1. the gut, liver, kidneys etc.
2. courage. He's got a lot of guts.
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