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gut
  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  2. (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
  3. (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  4. A person's emotional, visceral self.
  5. (informal) A gut course
  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.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “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.”
      “When she had removed the gut but kept the more edible innards, they lifted the skinned animal to carry back to the city.”
      “And what guts it had to have taken to do what they did.”
guts
  1. plural of gut
  2. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
  3. (slang) Courage; determination.
  4. (slang) Content, substance.
  5. (plural) The essential, core parts.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Do you have the guts to skydive? What's the gutsiest thing you've ever done?”
      “Those with guts have the thick skin and fortitude to initiate and try something new, the guts to endure, and the guts to evolve.”
      “The team showed a lot of guts to come from behind to win like they did.”
gutful
  1. (informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.
  2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) As much as one is willing to hear or experience; too much.
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the other hand, you could say that he stands there like some kind of glam-rock geography teacher with a gutful of meths, talking toss at a hundred words a minute.”
gutsiness
  1. The state or condition of being gutsy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I don't mind that it's traded some gutsiness for a bit of sterility and a more intellectually satisfying approach.”
      “Not all the projects have garnered critical acclaim, but few involved in New York's music scene fail to acknowledge Moss' gutsiness.”
      “Often considered a golden era for horror films, the '70s saw innovation, politically charged subtext, and a gutsiness mixed to push boundaries and buttons.”
gutstring
  1. A string made of gut.
gutting
  1. (plural) The remains after gutting a fish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After catching a fresh salmon, I eagerly prepared the gutting to make a flavorful fish stock for the soup.”
gutties
  1. running shoes
  2. Examples:
    1. “He sat on the bench and changed his shoes for a black pair of gutties.”
gutsful
  1. plural of gutful
  2. (chiefly New Zealand) Alternative form of gutful
gutstrings
  1. plural of gutstring
guttings
gutfuls
  1. plural of gutful
  2. Examples:
    1. “Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd.”
      “In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes.”
      “Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.”
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