gut

Meanings

Noun

• The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
• The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
• The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
• A person's emotional, visceral self.
• 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.

Verb

• To eviscerate.
• To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

Adjective

• Made of gut.
• Instinctive.

Related

Similar words

• alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards
• abdomen, beer belly, , beer gut , belly, paunch , potbelly , stomach, tum, tummy
• catgut

Origin

• From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-. Related to English gote ("drain"), Old English ġēotan ("to pour"). More at gote, yote.
• The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten.