English Explanatory Dictionary

gut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  2. The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
  3. The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  4. A person's emotional, visceral self.
  5. A class that is not demanding or challenging.
  6. A narrow passage of water.
  7. 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.
verb
  1. To eviscerate.
  2. To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
  3. To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
adj
  1. Made of gut.
  2. Instinctive.
name
  1. A surname from German.
noun
  1. Initialism of grand unification theory or grand unified theory.

Pronunciation

/ɡʌt/ En-us-inlandnorth-gut.ogg /ɡʊt/

Word forms

gut guts gutting gutted more gut most gut

Etymology

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

Synonyms

alimentary canal digestive system guts intestine tharm innards abdomen beer belly beer gut belly paunch potbelly stomach tum tummy catgut

Related words

gutting gutted blood-and-guts

Derived words

beer-gut blind gut bust a gut bust one's gut catgut deergut degut double gut shot foregut gag a buzzard off a gut wagon gag a dog off a gut wagon go with one's gut gulligut gunt gut barging gutbomb gut bomb gut-brain axis gutbread gut bread gut-bread gutbucket gutbuster gut buster gut-busting gut-check gut check gut-churning gut course gut decision gut factor gutfeel gut feel gut feeling gut fermentation syndrome gut flora gutfoundered gutful gut hook gut instinct gutless gutlike gutling gut load gutlord gut out gut-pudding gut punch gut reaction gut rehab gut roll gut rot gut-scraper gut shoot gut-shoot gut-shot gut shot gut-shot straight gut shot straight gutstring
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