gut

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɡʌt/

• Audio (US Inland North)

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Noun

Singular gut

Plural guts

1. A person's gut is their belly.

   That man has a large belly. He has a beer gut.

Related words and phrases

• gut feeling
• gut instinct
• gut reaction
• hate someone's guts
• gutless
• gutsy

Verb

Plain form gut

Third-person singular guts

Past tense gutted

Past participle gutted

Present participle gutting

1. If you gut something, you remove its internal organs.
   • Synonyms: diembowel and eviscerate

   My grandpa can gut fish in less than a minute.

2. If you gut something, you remove the important parts.

   Congress gutted the bill.

   The construction workers are gutting the building so they can rebuild the layout.