gut

1. 1.

   empty completely; destroy the inside of

   “Gut the building”

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2. 2.

   remove the guts of

   “gut the sheep”

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Other forms of gut

plural

guts·

past tense

gutted·

present participle

gutting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gut

What does gut mean?

gut means "the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gut?

gut has 1 syllable: gut. In IPA it is /ˈɡʌt/.

What is another word for gut?

Close synonyms include intestine, bowel, catgut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gut a common word?

gut is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.