guts

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   fortitude and determination

   I didn't have the guts to try the still beating cobra heart.

2. 2
   noun

   Courage; determination.

   It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.

3. 3
   noun

   Content, substance.

   His speech had no guts in it.

4. 4
   noun

   The essential, core parts.

   He knew all about the guts of the business: how things actually get done.

5. 5
   noun

   One's innermost feelings.

   If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.

6. 6
   verb

   To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

   He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

7. 7
   noun

   plural of gut

8. 8
   noun

   The entrails or contents of the abdomen.