gut

gut¹ [gʌt] n

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1 gut reaction/feeling/instinct

2¦(courage)¦

3¦(inside your body)¦

4¦(stomach)¦

5¦(string)¦

6¦(machine/equipment)¦

7¦(most important parts)¦

8 at gut level

9 I'll have somebody's guts for garters

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[: Old English; Origin: guttas (plural)]

1.) gut reaction/feeling/instinct informal

a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it

▪ He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.

2.) ¦(COURAGE)¦

guts [plural] informal

the courage and determination you need to do something difficult or unpleasant

▪ It takes guts to start a new business on your own.

have the guts (to do sth)

▪ No-one had the guts to tell Paul what a mistake he was making.

3.) ¦(INSIDE YOUR BODY)¦

a) guts [plural]

all the organs in someone's body, especially when they have come out of their body

▪ There were blood and guts all over the place.

b)

the tube through which food passes from your stomach

= ↑intestine

▪ It can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut.

4.) ¦(STOMACH)¦ informal

someone's stomach, especially when it is large

= ↑belly

▪ He felt as if someone had just kicked him in the gut.

▪ Phil has a huge beer gut (=unattractive fat stomach caused by drinking too much beer) .

5.) ¦(STRING)¦[U]

a type of strong string made from the ↑intestine of an animal, and used for musical instruments such as ↑violins

→↑catgut

6.) ¦(MACHINE/EQUIPMENT)¦

guts [plural] informal

the parts inside a machine or piece of equipment

7.) ¦(MOST IMPORTANT PARTS)¦

guts [plural] informal

the most important or basic parts of something

guts of

▪ the guts of the problem

8.) at gut level

if you know something at gut level, you feel sure about it, though you could not give a reason for it

▪ She knew at gut level that he was guilty.

9.) I'll have sb's guts for garters

BrE informal used to say that you would like to punish someone severely for something they have done

→↑blood-and-guts,bust a gut at ↑bust¹ (3), hate sb's guts at ↑hate¹ (2), spill your guts at ↑spill¹ (4)

gut ²

gut² past tense and past participle gutted present participle gutting

v [T]

1.) [usually passive]

to completely destroy the inside of a building, especially by fire

▪ The building was completely gutted by fire.

2.) to remove the organs from inside a fish or animal in order to prepare it for cooking

3.) to change something by removing some of the most important or central parts

→↑gutted