guts

GUT

abbr.

grand unified theory

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gut  (gt)

n.

1.

a. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.

b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.

2. guts The bowels; entrails; viscera.

3. Slang

a. Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty.

b. guts The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts" (Leigh Allison Wilson).

4. guts Slang

a. Courage; fortitude.

b. Nerve; audacity.

5. Slang A gut course.

6. A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures.

7. A narrow passage or channel.

8. Fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle.

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

Arousing or involving basic emotions; visceral: "Conservationism is a gut issue in the West" (Saturday Review).

Idiom:

gut it out Slang

To show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity.

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[From Middle English guttes, entrails, from Old English guttas; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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gutty adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

guts - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" moxie, backbone, grit, gumption, sand 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