"gut" Definition

Definitions for the word "gut" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 the intestine. 2 (in pl.) The bowel or entrails. 3 (in pl.) Colloq. Personal courage and determination; perseverance. 4 slang stomach, belly. 5 (in pl.) A contents. B essence. 6 a material for violin strings etc. B material for fishing-lines made from the silk-glands of silkworms. 7 (attrib.) A instinctive (a gut reaction). B fundamental (a gut issue). v. (-tt-) 1 remove or destroy the internal fittings of (a house etc.). 2 remove the guts of (a fish). hate a person''s guts colloq. Dislike a person intensely. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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