gut
[noun]
Synonyms:
- paunch, belly, potbelly, spare tyre (Brit. slang)
- guts: intestines, belly, bowels, entrails, innards (informal), insides (informal), stomach, viscera, courage, audacity, backbone, bottle (slang), daring, mettle, nerve, pluck, spirit
[verb]
Synonyms:
- disembowel, clean
- ravage, clean out, despoil, empty
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- gut reaction: instinctive, basic, heartfelt, intuitive, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. gut¹ /ɡʌt/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: guttas (plural)]

1. gut reaction/feeling/instinct informal a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it:
He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.

2. COURAGE guts [plural] informal the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant:
It takes guts to start a new business on your own.
have the guts (to do something)
No one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making.

3. INSIDE YOUR BODY
a) guts [plural] all the organs in someone’s body, especially when they have come out of their body:
There were blood and guts all over the place.
b) [countable] the tube through which food passes from your stomach Synonym : intestine:
It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.

4. STOMACH [countable] informal someone’s stomach, especially when it is large Synonym : belly:
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).

5. STRING [uncountable] a type of strong string made from the intestine of an animal, and used for musical instruments such as violins ⇒ catgut

6. MACHINE/EQUIPMENT guts [plural] informal the parts inside a machine or piece of equipment

7. MOST IMPORTANT PARTS guts [plural] informal the most important or basic parts of something
guts of
the guts of the problem

8. work/sweat your guts out (also slog your guts out British English) informal to work very hard

9. at gut level if you know something at gut level, you feel sure about it, though you could not give a reason for it:
She knew at gut level that he was guilty.

10. I’ll have sb’s guts for garters British English informal used to say that you would like to punish someone severely for something they have done
⇒ blood-and-guts, ⇒ bust a gut at bust¹(3), ⇒ hate sb’s guts at hate¹(2), ⇒ spill your guts at spill¹(4)

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II. gut² verb (past tense and past participle gutted, present participle gutting) [transitive]

1. [usually passive] to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire:
The building was completely gutted by fire.

2. to remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking

3. to change something by removing some of the most important or central parts
⇒ gutted

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

gut
noun
I. tube in the lower part of the body
ADJ. healthy
VERB + GUT pass through
GUT + NOUN flora, wall
PREP. in the/your ~ 2 guts organs inside the body
PHRASES blood and guts (figurative) I don't like films that are full of blood and guts.
a pain in your guts I had a terrible pain in my guts after eating too many plums.

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gut
III. guts: courage/determination
VERB + GUT have She had the guts to stand up to the school bully.
take It takes guts to keep on running even though you have blistered feet.

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gut
verb
ADV. completely The hotel was completely gutted by fire last year.

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