guts
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
guts
Noun
guts pl (plural only)
- The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
- (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
- Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage
- It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.
- She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.
- (informal) Content, substance.
- His speech had no guts in it.
- (informal) The essential, core parts.
- He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
- (informal) One's innermost feelings.
- If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
- (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.
Derived terms
- black as a dog's guts
- black guts
- blood-and-guts
- blood and guts
- bubble guts
- drop one's guts
- ducks' guts
- duck's guts
- ducks guts
- fight one's guts out
- guts out
- hate someone's guts
- have someone's guts for garters
- misery guts
- play one's guts out
- puke one's guts out
- rearrange someone's guts
- rusty guts
- slog one's guts out
- spill one's guts
- spill one's guts out
- sweat one's guts out
- tub of guts
- work one's guts out
Translations
entrails
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(slang) courage
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(slang) content; substance
essentials; core parts
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Verb
guts
- third-person singular simple present indicative of gut
Verb
guts (third-person singular simple present gutses, present participle gutsing, simple past and past participle gutsed)
- (Australia, informal) To eat greedily.
- (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).
- He gutsed out a 6-1 win.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
guts c
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: eshi
Verb
guts
- inflection of gutsen:
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)