gut
noun
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Definition of gut
(Entry 1 of 4)
2
guts plural
: the inner essential parts
the guts of a car
3
: a narrow passage
also
: a narrow waterway or small creek
4
: the sac of silk taken from a silkworm ready to spin its cocoon and drawn out into a thread for use as a snell
5
: the basic visceral, emotional, or instinctual part of a person
She knew in her gut that he was lying. Consult more than one financial adviser before making a final choice, and trust your gut.— Quentin Fottrell My gut says this is, overall, a terrible idea.— Erica Buist
—often used before another noun making a gut decisiona gut feeling"Tony's a very driven guy, and he makes a lot of decisions based on gut instinct," …— Tom Nides
7
: gut course
gut
verb
gutted;
gutting
Definition of gut (Entry 2 of 4)
1a
: eviscerate
b
: to extract all the essential passages or portions from
2a
: to destroy the inside of
fire gutted the building
b
: to destroy the essential power or effectiveness of
inflation gutting the economy
gut it out
gut
adjectiveDefinition of gut (Entry 3 of 4)
1
: arising from one's inmost self : visceral
a gut reaction
2
: having strong impact or immediate relevance
gut issues
GUT
abbreviationDefinition of GUT (Entry 4 of 4)
grand unified theory; grand unification theory
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Synonyms for gut
Synonyms: Noun
entrails, innards, inside(s), inwards, viscera, vitals
Synonyms: Verb
clean, disembowel, draw, eviscerate
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Examples of gut in a Sentence
Noun
the guts of the fish the guts of a machine the guts of a business deal That decision took a lot of guts. I didn't have the guts to do it.Verb
The salmon is already gutted and filleted. Critics claim that these reforms will gut the law.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The microbiome is made up of non-human microbes that take up permanent residence in the body, mostly in the gut and on the skin. — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, "Gut check: Benioffs donate $35 million to further study of microbiome at UCSF, Stanford," 13 Aug. 2019 And this particular flashback unpacking the history of the Philly apartment building that Randall now owns was a real gut punch. — Emma Dibdin, Country Living, "6 Moments From 'This Is Us' You Need to Know Before Watching Next Week's Episode," 7 Oct. 2018 To see and hear Vaid-Menon in their element is a tender gut-punch. — Martine Thompson, Bon Appetit, "Alok Vaid-Menon Winds Down with Vegan Junk Food and a "Massage Drill"," 28 June 2018 Your observations of a new road, a higher fence, a longer commute might hit your gut, but are most likely fleeting. — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, "Development devours U.S. natural landscape at rate of 2 football fields per minute, study finds," 6 Aug. 2019 Some relationships are short lived, but some are for life—like the mutually beneficial partnership between a person and the trillions of bacteria in their gut. — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, "Poop transplants can help prematurely old mice live longer," 29 July 2019 Grow a backbone, trust your gut, and know when to strike back. — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "8 Celeb Feuds that Will Never, Ever Go Away," 6 Mar. 2019 Trust your gut and don’t be petty—because no one wants a reputation as the office's Azealia Banks. — Nick Levine, GQ, "How to Be Gay at Work," 14 June 2018 Joe Maddon’s crew — and its fans — are condemned to a long, suspenseful slog where every game gnaws at the gut. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "3 Cubs TV takeaways from Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to the Cardinals, including Len Kasper’s ‘Bachelorette’ allusion," 31 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
President Trump’s attempt to gut our nation’s Clean Power Plan is foolish. — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "California files 55th lawsuit against Trump over repeal of clean-energy plan," 13 Aug. 2019 Some also argued that the Republicans’ real intent was to gut domestic-spending programs and make life difficult for the Obama Administration. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Donald Trump and the G.O.P. Confirm Their Fiscal Conservatism Was a Sham," 26 July 2019 The Kenney administration used some of the 911 money to gut the police emergency call center and install new equipment. — Claudia Vargas, Philly.com, "What happened to Philly's $40 million 911 surplus?," 26 June 2018 This is a promise to gut interior enforcement that, coupled with the latitudinarian attitude at the border, would do much to render our immigration laws pointless. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 11 July 2019 The agreement is another sign that Illinois, like many other states, isn’t abandoning a shift to cleaner sources of energy, despite President Donald Trump’s move last week to gut national climate pollution standards put in place by Barack Obama. — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, "Daywatch: Legal recreational marijuana coming, an exotic cat attack and other things to know to start your day," 26 June 2019 In the latest move, the EPA issued its new plan to gut a key Obama-era climate policy involving power plants. — David Lauter, latimes.com, "Even as its kickoff, Trump's reelection campaign aims to win without a majority," 20 June 2019 Last month, the Trump administration announced plans to gut protections for trans people in homeless shelters, legislation that could go into effect as early as September. — Serena Sonoma, Vox, "Black trans women want the media to show them living, not just dying," 18 June 2019 But underneath that pride and joy, there was something dark and gut wrenching. — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "Settlement is good; Michigan State must now fire Engler, get new Board," 16 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Paired with toy cowgirl Jessie's painful backstory about getting abandoned, this ballad is totally gut-wrenching. 21. — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, "Ranked: The 25 best classic Disney songs, from 'Mary Poppins' to 'The Lion King'," 16 July 2019 A week after one of the most gut-wrenching defeats of her career, Sinclair stepped on the field for a training session with the Portland Thorns. — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com, "Players begin to return to Portland Thorns from 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup," 4 July 2019 Last Sunday's episode of Game Of Thrones was full of controversial and gut-wrenching scenes that elicited some pretty strong responses from viewers. — Glamour, "This Is What Jaime Said Off-Screen That Made Brienne Cry on Game of Thrones," 9 May 2019 In New York, there’s still interest, because gut renovation is already so costly. — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Why Your Next Home Might Not Need Any Energy at All," 22 Dec. 2018 This career versatility is more gut instinct t