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guts

  1. plural of gut

guts pl (plural only)

  1. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
    Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera
  2. (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
    Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage
    It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.
    She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 24:
      "Wha's good of living blind's a bat?" be demanded aggressively. "Thash what my wife said. An' she was right - only she's more guts than I have. When she found as the kids was blind too, what did she do? Took 'em into our bed with her and turned on the gas. Thash what she done. An' I hadn't the guts to stick with 'em. She's got pluck, my wife, more'n I have."
  3. (informal) Content, substance.
    His speech had no guts in it.
  4. (informal) The essential, core parts.
    Synonyms: bowels, marrow; see also Thesaurus:gist
    He knew all about the guts of the business: how things actually get done.
    The guts of this Rolex watch are rock-solid.
  5. (informal) One's innermost feelings.
    If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.
  6. (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
  7. (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.

entrails

(slang) courage

(slang) content; substance

guts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gut

guts (third-person singular simple present gutses, present participle gutsing, simple past and past participle gutsed)

  1. (Australia, informal) To eat greedily.
  2. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).
    He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

guts c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of gut

From French gouge.

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

  1. gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid
  2. a chisel type with a hollow beak

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

guts

  1. inflection of gutsen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative