gut

The front part of your body below your chest, especially when it is large.

• His shirt barely covered his gut.
• He wants to lose his beer gut.
• The boxer took a punch in the gut.

Similar words: belly, stomach, abdomen

Common phrases: beer gut, big gut, in the gut

The part of you that feels or knows something without conscious thought.

• My gut told me to leave.
• She knew in her gut that something was wrong.
• Do you trust your gut when making decisions?

Similar words: instinct, intuition

Common phrases: trust your gut, in your gut, listen to your gut

A school or college course that requires very little effort.

• Everyone says that course is a gut.
• He took a gut to earn extra credits.
• She chose two guts for her final semester.

Similar words: easy course

Common phrases: a gut course, take a gut, easy gut

To remove or destroy the inside of something or its most important parts.

• They plan to gut the house.
• The fire gutted the old theater.
• Lawmakers gutted the bill by removing its strongest protections.

Similar words: strip, hollow out

Common phrases: gut a building, gut a house, gut a bill

To remove the organs from inside an animal, usually before cooking it.

• You need to gut the fish first.
• He gutted the trout by the river.
• Can you clean and gut these fish for me?

Similar words: eviscerate

Common phrases: gut a fish, gut a trout, gut an animal, gut a deer

To make someone feel extremely disappointed or upset.

• The defeat gutted the team.
• Losing that chance really gutted me.
• It gutted her to hear that the trip was canceled.

Similar words: devastate, crush, dishearten

Common phrases: gut someone, gut the fans, gut the team

Based on a strong inner feeling rather than careful thought.

• My gut feeling is that we should wait.
• Her first gut reaction was to refuse.
• He trusted his gut instinct and chose the quieter road.

Similar words: instinctive, intuitive

Opposites: reasoned, calculated

Common phrases: gut feeling, gut reaction, gut instinct, gut response

Made from the intestines of an animal, especially when used for musical or racket strings.

• The violin has gut strings.
• Some tennis players prefer natural gut strings.
• Gut strings can produce a warm sound.

Common phrases: gut strings, gut string, gut cord