gut

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (guts, entrails)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeud- (to pour). Related to English gote (drain), Old English ġēotan (to pour). More at gote, yote.

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  • IPA: /ɡʌt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌt

[edit] Noun

gut (plural guts)

  1. The alimentary canal, especially the intestine; innards.
  2. (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    beer gut
  3. (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

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

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

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gut (comparative more gut, superlative most gut)

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

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[edit] Danish

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  • IPA: /ɡut/, [ɡ̊ud̥]

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From Norwegian gutt.

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gut c. (singular definite gutten, plural indefinite gutter)

  1. boy, lad, bloke
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[edit] Etymology 2

From English gut.

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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)

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German guot. Cognate to English good.

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  • IPA: /ɡuːt/
  • (file)
  • (file)

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gut (comparative besser, superlative am besten)

  1. good

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gut

  1. well

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gut m. (definite singular guten; indefinite plural gutar; definite plural gutane)

  1. boy (young male)

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gut m. (plural guts)

  1. drop

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gut

  1. well
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