gut
🇺🇸
/ɡʌt/
🇬🇧
/ɡʌt/
noun
C1
The tube in your body where food goes after the stomach.
Food can take up to 72 hours to move through your gut.
C1
The stomach and other organs inside an animal.
I don't like movies that show a lot of blood and gut.
C1
A person's stomach, especially when it's big.
Look at the gut on him!
C1
The courage to do something hard or scary.
He doesn't have the gut to leave his high-paying job.
C1
The place where you feel strong emotions or instincts.
My gut told me something was wrong.
R
The most important part of something.
the gut of the problem
R
Strong string made from animal intestines, used for instruments and medical tools.
The violin uses gut for its strings.
verb
R
To destroy the inside of a building or room.
The fire gutted the house completely.
R
To remove the organs from a fish or animal to cook it.
The fish was gutted before cooking.
adjective
R
Based on feelings instead of thinking.
You should trust your gut feeling.
translation
The tube in your body where food goes after the stomach.; The stomach and other organs inside an animal.; A person's stomach, especially when it's big.; The courage to do something hard or scary.; The place where you feel strong emotions or instincts.; The most important part of something.; Strong string made from animal intestines, used for instruments and medical tools.
To destroy the inside of a building or room.; To remove the organs from a fish or animal to cook it.
Based on feelings instead of thinking.
Word Forms
3rd Present
guts
Past
gutted
Perfect
gutted
Progressive
gutting
Plural
guts