gut

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. The [[alimentary canal]], especially the [[intestine]].
2. {{lb|en|informal}} The [[abdomen]] of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a [[tennis racket]] or [[violin]], etc.
4. A person's emotional, [[visceral]] self.
5. {{lb|en|informal}} A [[class]] that is not demanding or challenging.
6. {{lb|en|now|especially|in place names}} A narrow channel, passage, or stream of water. {{q|Compare {{m|en|gote}}.}}
7. 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

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[eviscerate]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|;|literal|or|figurative|by extension}} To [[remove]] or [[destroy]] the [[vital]] parts of.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[dishearten]]; to [[crush]] the spirits of.

Adjective

1. Made of gut.
2. [[instinctive|Instinctive]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=German}}.

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