gut

Meaning

Noun

1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
2. (informal) 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. (informal) 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.

Synonyms

intestine

bowel

eviscerate

intestines

disembowel

catgut

guts

courage

viscera

butcher

bowels

entrails

stomach

offal

draw

abdomen

belly

tummy

heart

❤️

pluck

paunch

innards

insides

maw

mettle

mettled

nerve

potbelly

pot-belly

sound

🔉

spunk

strait

internal organs

internal organ

embowel

stomach and intestines

intestinum

ribbon gut

catgut ligature

cut up meat

alimentary canal

blind

caecum

casing

cecum

channel

contents

core

daring

details

digestive tract

dress

👗

duodenum

elation

energy

gastrointestinal tract

gore

gormandize

gravel

grit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʌt/

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”).