gut
gut
definition
verb
After getting a few fish each, they swam in the pond before they went back to the beach to clean and gut the fish and prepare them for dinner.
take out the intestines and other internal organs of (a fish or other animal) before cooking it.
it guts me to think about what my mother and brother missed out on
cause (someone) to feel extremely upset or disappointed.
noun
a painful stabbing feeling in his gut
the stomach or belly.
she had both more brains and more guts than her husband
personal courage and determination; toughness of character.
example
The instrument itself was made of wood, with 'gut' or horsehair strings.
a 'gut' feeling
microbes which naturally live in the human 'gut'
However, rather than accept that this totally destroys her argument she instead chooses to ignore it in favour of her 'gut' feelings, and urges us to do likewise.
At the same time, I saw clear signs that my 'gut' feelings weren't that far off base.
These are just emotional and 'gut' feelings that come to me off the top of my head.
You slice your wrist and it's as good as stabbing yourself in the 'gut' .
Some of these organisms can damage the cells lining the inner surface of the 'gut' and interfere with the normal processes of the intestines.
Patients will almost never knee you in the groin or kick you in the 'gut' .
Secondly, Dr Wiseman discovered that people who appear to have good fortune tend to make effective decisions by acting on their intuition and 'gut' feelings.
I don't think that their position, based on their 'gut' reaction, is justifiable.
Various tours are available by speed boats that take you for the most spectacular views, even up the 'gut' to laugh in the face of El Diablo.
It will not be a 'gut' reaction, but an informed decision based on the knowledge that what I want and what he wants are very different things.
Most people nowadays do not wring chickens' necks, pluck them, and cook them for dinner, or butcher their own pigs, or 'gut' their own fish.
My students were not even afraid to try to hurt me: two boys spent a month throwing pencils at me in the middle of lessons; another child slugged me in the 'gut' .
Belina's editorial choices are based more on a 'gut' level response than on theory.
Highly ritualized pictorial constructions, these elegant, stylish surfaces are to 'gut' emotion as a boxing match is to a street fight.
In some the problem has a behavioural basis, whereas in others there may be subtle neuromuscular abnormalities of the 'gut' .
A stoma is an artificial opening to or from the intestine (which is also known as the 'gut' or bowel) on the abdominal wall usually created by a surgeon.
If they knew it was you who turned them in, they'd 'gut' you like a fish.
The officer's intuitions, 'gut' feelings and sixth sense about a situation are all disallowed.
The 'gut' reaction was based on three arguments whose wisdom had been proved by long experience.
a painful stabbing feeling in his 'gut'
The question, though, is whether one's personal likes and dislikes, one's 'gut' feelings, can honestly count as critical judgment.
the terrible pain in his 'gut'
The following figures are not from anything I have read but are simply 'gut' feelings.
But, in the end, we must listen to 'gut' instinct, be creative, and take risks.
Business decisions certainly involve mind games, not just 'gut' feelings or pure intuition.
I had a 'gut' feeling that something was wrong
Call it 'gut' feeling or intuition, but I really think he's somewhere around there.
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