gut
The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
Noun 4 meanings
The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
“You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.”
The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
A person's emotional, visceral self.
“I have a funny feeling in my gut.”
Verb 3 meanings
To eviscerate.
“Holonym: field dress”
To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
“Fire gutted the building.”
To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
“They were gutted by the court's decision.”
Adjective 2 meanings
Made of gut.
“a violin with gut strings”
Instinctive.
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.
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GUT at a glance
GUT has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,807 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gut
All rhymes- MIDGUT10
- CATGUT9
- HINDGUT12
- FOREGUT11
- ROTGUT7
- PINCHGUT16
- BLINDGUT12
- SCRAPEGUT14
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