guts

Noun

Singular gut

Plural guts

The soldier in this cartoon has his guts hanging out

1. The plural form of gut; more than one (kind of) gut.
2. The contents of the abdomen or belly; entrails.

   Johnny was cut in the stomach and his guts were hanging out.

3. (slang) Courage.

   It took a lot of guts to tell the evil dictator what she thought of his unfair policies.

Verb

Plain form gut

Third-person singular guts

Past tense gutted

Past participle gutted

Present participle gutting

1. The third-person singular form of gut.