guts
guts Lexical Profile
guts Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Personal courage, fortitude, and determination in the face of difficulty or danger (used informally as a plural-form mass noun).
"It took a lot of guts for the whistleblower to testify before the committee."
The internal organs of the abdomen, especially the stomach and intestines; the viscera or bowels.
"The biologist carefully examined the guts of the specimen to determine its diet."
The essential, innermost, or working parts of a machine, structure, or system.
"The technician opened the casing to inspect the electronic guts of the vintage amplifier."
• verb
To remove the internal organs of an animal or fish, or to destroy or strip out the interior of a building or system (third-person singular simple present of 'gut').
"The renovation crew guts the old warehouse before installing modern wiring and partitions."
• Rhymes for guts
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Old English 'guttas' (viscera, bowels), related to the verb 'geotan' (to pour), referring originally to a channel or digestive canal through which fluids flow.