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The belly of a person, especially one that is enlarged
“I saw him again at our 20th high school reunion and was perversely pleased to notice that he was bald and sporting a large gut hanging over his belt.”
The organs of a human or an animal through which food passes
“When she had removed the gut but kept the more edible innards, they lifted the skinned animal to carry back to the city.”
(guts) Personal courage and determination
“And what guts it had to have taken to do what they did.”
A person's emotional, visceral self
“Listening to my gut is a skill I'm still working on. It used to be that I'd only notice it when I was doubled over in pain.”
A feeling, idea or guess based on intuition rather than fact
A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached
To remove the innards of
“To gut the fish, make a slit up the length of the belly under running water and cut off the fins with scissors.”
To remove or destroy completely the internal parts of (a building or other structure)
“Most carry homeowner's insurance and pay the premiums without any expectation that a fire would gut the house.”
To plunder or completely remove the contents of, typically nefariously
“The administration deregulates key environmental protections so that its sycophantic wealthy donors can gut the land of its resources.”
To strip and make bare
To eliminate completely
To traumatize or cause distress to
To cause to be empty or vacant
To set on fire, or to be set on fire
To cut off or remove excess material from, especially a tree or shrub
Based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought
“But you should develop the capacity to reflect on gut feelings rather than acting on them impulsively.”
Of, in, near or pertaining to the viscera or intestines
Something that is usual or standard
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