Etymology : Middle English, from Old English guttas, plural; probably akin to Old English gEotan to pour
Pronunciation : 'g&t
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. intestines, alimentary canal; bowels, entrails; inner parts, contents of anything; sinew (used for violin strings, tennis rackets, etc.). disembowel, eviscerate; remove the internal contents of; destroy the inside of. gut\gut\ , n. [oe. gut, got, as. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to ge?tan to pour. see:
found to cast.].
2. a narrow passage of water; as, the gut of canso.
3. an intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
4. one of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. see:
catgut.
5. the sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. this, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
6. gout.
7. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
8. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; bowels; entrails.
9. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes.
10. See Catgut.
11. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm , for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread.
12. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
13. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
14. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. remove the guts of; "gut the sheep" empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building".
15. gout, podagra. gout. ,-tu path. gout.
16. 1. A person's or animal's guts are all the organs inside them. By the time they finish, the crewmen are standing ankle-deep in fish guts.
17. When someone guts a dead animal or fish, they prepare it for cooking by removing all the organs from inside it. It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.
18. The gut is the tube inside the body of a person or animal through which food passes while it is being digested.
19. Guts is the will and courage to do something which is difficult or unpleasant, or which might have unpleasant results. The new Chancellor has the guts to push through unpopular tax increases.
20. A gut feeling is based on instinct or emotion rather than reason. Let's have your gut reaction to the facts as we know them.
21. You can refer to someone's stomach as their gut, especially when it is very large and sticks out. His gut sagged out over his belt. see also:
beer gut.
22. To gut a building means to destroy the inside of it so that only its outside walls remain. Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived A factory stands gutted and deserted.
23. Gut is string made from part of the stomach of an animal. Traditionally, it is used to make the strings of sports rackets or musical instruments such as violins. see also:
gutted.
24. emphasis If you hate someone's guts, you dislike them very much indeed. We hate each other's guts.
25. emphasis If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out, you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can. Most have worked their guts out and made sacrifices. grand unified theory.