gut

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   remove the guts of

   gut the sheep

2. 2
   noun

   The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.

   You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.

3. 3
   noun

   A person's emotional, visceral self.

   I have a funny feeling in my gut.

4. 4
   noun

   A class that is not demanding or challenging.

   You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.

5. 5
   noun

   A narrow passage of water.

   the Gut of Canso

6. 6
   verb

   To eviscerate.

   Holonym: field dress

7. 7
   verb

   To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

   Fire gutted the building.

8. 8
   verb

   To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).

   They were gutted by the court's decision.

Etymology

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