n. 1 Often, guts. bowels, intestines, entrails, viscera, stomach, offal, vitals, vital parts, gurry, Brit (of a deer) gralloch, Colloq insides, innards or inwards As soon as the game is killed, the guts must be removed 2 stomach, abdomen, belly; beer-belly, bay window, corporation His enormous gut hung over his belt 3 guts. a backbone, bravery, boldness, audacity, pluck, courage, determination, daring, spirit, grit, mettle, gumption, nerve, intestinal fortitude, Colloq spunk, gutsiness, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo balls He hasn't the guts to tell the boss what he thinks of him b integrity, will-power, stamina, endurance, forcefulness, dynamism It takes real guts to stand up for your rights
v. 4 disembowel, eviscerate, draw, dress, clean It will take hours to gut all these fish 5 ransack, pillage, plunder, sack, despoil, strip, ravage, loot, rifle, Rare depredate; clean out, devastate, empty The building was completely gutted by the fire
adj. 6 basic, heartfelt, instinctive, instinctual, intuitive, visceral, deep-seated, emotional My gut reaction is to refuse the offer