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Abbreviation of English Guatuso.

gut

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Maléku Jaíka.

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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”).

gut (countable and uncountable, plural guts)

  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  2. (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
    You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.
  3. (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  4. A person's emotional, visceral self.
    I have a funny feeling in my gut.
  5. (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
    You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.
  6. A narrow passage of water.
    Coordinate term: gat
    the Gut of Canso
    • 1887 March 21, Rudyard Kipling, “Kidnapped”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, page 111:
      There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken any way you please, is bad, / And strands them in forsaken guts and creeks / No decent soul would think of visiting.
  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.

alimentary canal

abdomen

gut course

sac of silk

gut (third-person singular simple present guts, present participle gutting, simple past and past participle gutted)

  1. (transitive) To eviscerate.
    Holonym: field dress
    Coordinate terms: bone, skin
    The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.
  2. (transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
    Fire gutted the building.
    Congress gutted the welfare bill.
    • 1982 July 20, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Wreckage and Impact Information”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458, deHavilland DHC-6-100, N127PM, Near Providence, Rhode Island, February 21, 1982‎[1], archived from the original on 3 April 2024, page 4:
      The fuselage came to rest 522 feet from the initial impact point on a magnetic heading of 175 degrees. The complete fuselage from the nose section, including the nose gear section, aft to the empennage, was extensively burned and gutted by fire. The cabin area, which consisted of only the lower fuselage, was melted and the metal was visible in the ice.
    • 2026 May, Sam Cochran, “Show of Hands”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 69:
      He gutted the kitchen, replacing an outdated scheme with a sexy mélange of mirror, lacquer, Rouge Griotte marble, and African mahogany.
  3. (transitive) To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
    They were gutted by the court's decision.
    • 2016 October 4, Danielle Pearl, In Ruins, Forever, →ISBN:
      It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.
    • 2017 October 4, Angela Quarles, Earning It: A Romantic Comedy, Unsealed Room Press, →ISBN:
      What's bothering me is that I'd felt more for him than I realized, and it guts me that it's over before it can really get going.

To eviscerate

To remove or destroy the most important parts of

gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)

  1. Made of gut.
    a violin with gut strings
  2. Instinctive.
    gut reaction

instinctive

Translations to be checked

From Old High German guod, northern variant of guot.

gut (masculine gude, feminine **gut, comparative besser, superlative et beste)

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) good

From Norwegian gutt.

gut c (singular definite gutten, plural indefinite gutter)

  1. boy, lad, bloke

From English gut.

gut c (singular definite gutten, not used in plural form)

  1. gut (intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc)

A minced oath from God.

gut

  1. gee
    Synonym: goh
    Gut, daar heb ik nooit zo over nagedacht. ― Gee, I never thought of it that way.

Inherited from Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).

gut (strong nominative masculine singular guter, comparative besser, superlative am besten)

  1. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
    Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen.
    We must be good to feel good.
  2. good (effective; useful)
    ein guter Plan
    a sound plan
  3. good (fortunate)
    Der hat's gut.
    That guy's well off.
  4. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
    Mmmh, das schmeckt gut.
    Yum, that's tasty.
  5. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)
    Ist schon gut.
    That's enough.
  6. good (full; entire; at least as much as)
    Eine gute Stunde
    At least an hour

gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)

  1. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)
    Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt.
    The team played well.
  2. a little more than (with measurements)
    Antonym: knapp
    Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin.
    I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years.
    Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang.
    The bed is a little over two meters long.
  3. easily, likely
    Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden.
    That item is easily found.
    Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist.
    You may well be married next year.

gut

  1. okay, all right, now then
    Gut, dann fangen wir mal an.
    All right, then let's get started.

gut

  1. alternative form of gutte

gut

Possibly from Dutch guit (“troublemaker”).

gut m (definite singular guten, indefinite plural gutar, definite plural gutane)

  1. a boy (young male)

“gut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

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From Middle High German and Old High German guot. Compare German gut, Dutch goed, English good.

gut (comparative besser, superlative bescht)

  1. good
  2. kind

Borrowed from German gut.

gut

  1. well

gut m (plural guts)

  1. drop

From English good.

gut

  1. well

gut

  1. soft mutation of cut