GUT

Gut

In zoology, the gut, also known as the alimentary canal or alimentary tract, is a tube by which bilaterian animals transfer food to the digestion organs. In large bilaterians the gut generally also has an exit, the anus, by which the animal disposes of solid wastes. Some small bilaterians have no anus and dispose of solid wastes by other means, for example through the mouth.

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gut

Noun

  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  2. The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    beer gut
  3. 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. The essential, core parts.
    He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
  6. Ability and will to face up to adversity or unpleasantness.
    It took a lot of guts to admit to using banned substances on television.
  7. A gut course
    You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.
  8. A narrow passage of water.
    the Gut of Canso
  9. 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.

Verb

  1. To eviscerate.
  2. To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
    • fire gutted the building
    • Congress gutted the welfare bill.

Adjective

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


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