gut Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
    bowel; intestine.
  2. noun a narrow channel or strait
  3. noun a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
    catgut.
  4. verb empty completely; destroy the inside of
    • Gut the building
  5. verb remove the guts of
    • gut the sheep

WordNet

Gut noun
Etymology
OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.
Definitions
  1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
  2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
  3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
  4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.
Gut transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gutted ; present participle & verbal noun Gutting
Definitions
  1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
  2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the bouse.
    Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison.

Webster 1913