Gut - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a narrow channel or strait
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery (syn: catgut)
verb
- remove the guts of
Extra examples
That decision took a lot of guts.
I didn't have the guts to do it.
The salmon is already gutted and filleted.
Critics claim that these reforms will gut the law.
His gut sagged out over his belt.
Fire gutted the building.
It takes guts to start a new business on your own.
No-one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making.
There were blood and guts all over the place.
It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.
He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the gut.
Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer).
The building was completely gutted by fire.
A firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: gut
he/she/it: guts
present participle: gutting
past tense: gutted
past participle: gutted
singular: gut
plural: guts
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