GUT

catgut, gut

(noun) a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery

intestine, bowel, gut

(noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

gut

(noun) a narrow channel or strait

gut

(verb) remove the guts of; “gut the sheep”

gut

(verb) empty completely; destroy the inside of; “Gut the building”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

gut (countable and uncountable, plural guts)

The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.

(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

A person's emotional, visceral self.

(informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.

A narrow passage of water.

The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

Synonyms

• (alimentary canal, intestine): alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards

• (abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged): abdomen, beer belly, (enlarged), beer gut (UK, enlarged), belly, paunch (enlarged), potbelly (enlarged), stomach, tum, tummy

• (intestines of an animal used to make strings): catgut

Verb

gut (third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted)

(transitive) To eviscerate.

(transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

Adjective

gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)

Made of gut, e.g, a violin with gut strings

Instinctive, e.g, a gut reaction

Anagrams

• UTG, tug

Noun

GUT (plural GUTs)

Initialism of grand unification theory.

Anagrams

• UTG, tug

Source: Wiktionary

Gut, n. Etym: [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]

1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.

4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut. See CÆcum, n. (b).

Gut, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting.]

1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.

2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse. Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition