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countable and uncountable, plural guts
The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. examples
(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged examples
(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. examples
A person's emotional, visceral self. examples
(informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging. examples
A narrow passage of water. quotations examples
There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken any way you please, is bad, / And strands them in forsaken guts and creeks / No decent soul would think of visiting.
1887 March 21, Rudyard Kipling, “Kidnapped”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, page 111
The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line. examples
third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted
(transitive) To eviscerate. examples
(transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of. examples
To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of). quotations examples
It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.
2016 October 4, Danielle Pearl, In Ruins, Forever
What's bothering me is that I'd felt more for him than I realized, and it guts me that it's over before it can really get going.
2017 October 4, Angela Quarles, Earning It: A Romantic Comedy, Unsealed Room Press
comparative more gut, superlative most gut
Made of gut. examples
Instinctive. examples