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gut
Pronunciation: (gut), [key]
—n., v., gut•ted, gut•ting,
—adj.
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n.
1. the alimentary canal, esp. between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Cf.
foregut, midgut, hindgut.
2. guts,
a. the bowels or entrails.
b. Informal.courage and fortitude; nerve; determination; stamina:
Climbing that cliff takes a lot of guts.
c. the inner working parts of a machine or device:
The mechanic had the guts of the refrigerator laid out on the kitchen floor.
3. the belly; stomach; abdomen.
4. the substance forming the case of the intestine; intestinal tissue or fiber:
sheep's gut.
5. a preparation of the intestines of an animal, used for various purposes, as for violin strings, tennis rackets, or fishing lines.
6. the silken substance taken from a silkworm killed when about to spin its cocoon, used in making snells for fishhooks.
7. a narrow passage, as a channel of water or a defile between hills.
8. Slang.a gut course.
9. spill one's guts, Slang.to tell all; lay oneself bare:
the famous star spills his guts in his autobiography.
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v.t.
1. to take out the guts or entrails of; disembowel.
2. to destroy the interior of:
Fire gutted the building.
3. to plunder (a house, city, etc.) of contents:
Invaders gutted the village.
4. to remove the vital or essential parts from:
The prisoner's letters were gutted by heavy censorship.
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adj.
Informal.
a. basic or essential:
to discuss the gut issues.
b. based on instincts or emotions:
a gut reaction; gut decisions. GUT
Physics.
grand unification theory.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
