name
Meaning 1
plural of Gut
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
guts
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡʌts/
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Northern-England: /ɡʊts/
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rhymes with -ʌts
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CMU ARPABET: G AH1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of gut
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Courage; determination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, plural, plural-only
Examples
- It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.
- She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pluck, balls, nerve, audacity, bield, boldhead, boldness, bravehood, braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, fearlessness, grit, guts, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mood, ovaries, pecker, spunk, steel, undauntedness, valour
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Content, substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Examples
- His speech had no guts in it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The essential, core parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Examples
- He knew all about the guts of the business: how things actually get done.
- The guts of this Rolex watch are rock-solid.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bowels, marrow, sum, brass tacks, core, crux, essence, gist, drift, guts, gravamen, heart, heart and soul, heartstring, heartstrings, inwardness, kernel, meat, moral of the story, nitty-gritty, nub, nuts and bolts, pith, punctum saliens, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, tenor
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
One's innermost feelings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Examples
- If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
The center of the field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, plural, plural-only
Qualifier: Australian rules football
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
third-person singular simple present indicative of gut
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To eat greedily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- He gutsed out a 6-1 win.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
fortitude and determination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he didn't have the guts to try it
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backbone, grit, moxie, sand, gumption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fortitude
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
102 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: ingewande — entrails
- Amharic: ጉሮሮ (guroro) — entrails
- Arabic: أَحْشَاء (ʔaḥšāʔ) — entrails
- Armenian: փորոտիք (pʻorotikʻ) — entrails
- Aromanian: matsã — entrails
- Azerbaijani: içalat — entrails
- Burmese: အူ (u) — entrails
- Carpathian Rusyn: флякы (fljakŷ) — entrails
- Chinese Mandarin: 內臟 /内脏 (nèizàng) — entrails
- Dalmatian: alaite — entrails
- Dutch: ingewanden — entrails
- Egyptian: m-X:t*w-F51:Z2ss (mẖtw) — entrails
- Esperanto: intestoj — entrails
- Esperanto: intestaro — entrails
- Esperanto: viscero — entrails
- Finnish: sisäelimet — entrails
- Finnish: sisälmykset — entrails
- French: entrailles — entrails
- French: tripes — entrails
- Galician: tripada — entrails
- Galician: entrañas — entrails
- Galician: tripas — entrails
- Galician: tripaxe — entrails
- German: Eingeweide — entrails
- German: Gehüdel — entrails
- Greek: έντερα (éntera) — entrails
- Ancient Greek: χολάδες (kholádes) — entrails
- Hawaiian: naʻau — entrails
- Hebrew: מעיים (me'áim) — entrails
- Hebrew: קרביים (qraváim) — entrails
- Hungarian: bél — entrails
- Interlingua: tripas — entrails
- Interlingua: entranias — entrails
- Irish: inní — entrails
- Italian: interiora — entrails
- Italian: viscere — entrails
- Italian: frattaglie — entrails
- Italian: rigaglie — entrails
- Italian: corata — entrails
- Italian: coratella — entrails
- Korean: 배알 (baeal) — entrails
- Macedonian: црева (creva) — entrails
- Māori: whēkau — entrails
- Navajo: atsą́ siláí — entrails
- Polish: bebechy — entrails
- Portuguese: tripas — entrails
- Portuguese: vísceras — entrails
- Portuguese: entranhas — entrails
- Romanian: mațe — entrails
- Romanian: măruntaie — entrails
- Russian: кишки́ (kiškí) — entrails
- Spanish: tripas — entrails
- Spanish: tripa — entrails
- Spanish: mondongo — entrails
- Sundanese: peujit — entrails
- Tupinambá: py'a — entrails
- Zealandic: dermen — entrails
- Catalan: pebrots — (slang) courage
- Chinese Cantonese: 膽 /胆 (daam2) — (slang) courage
- Chinese: 膽 /胆 (zh-min-nan) — (slang) courage
- Chinese Mandarin: 有種 /有种 (yǒuzhǒng) — (slang) courage
- Dutch: lef — (slang) courage
- Finnish: pokka — (slang) courage
- Finnish: kantti — (slang) courage
- Finnish: sisu — (slang) courage
- French: tripes — (slang) courage
- French: cran — (slang) courage
- French: guts — (slang) courage
- Georgian: ტრაკი (ṭraḳi) — (slang) courage
- German: Mumm — (slang) courage
- German: Eier — (slang) courage
- Greek: άντερα (ántera) — (slang) courage
- Greek: κότσια (kótsia) — (slang) courage
- Hebrew: אומץ (ómetz) — (slang) courage
- Italian: fegato — (slang) courage
- Italian: coraggio — (slang) courage
- Japanese: 根性 (konjō) — (slang) courage
- Japanese: ガッツ (gattsu) — (slang) courage
- Korean: 배짱 (baejjang) — (slang) courage
- Macedonian: мадиња (madinja) — (slang) courage
- Marshallese: aj — (slang) courage
- Portuguese: fígado — (slang) courage
- Portuguese: estômago — (slang) courage
- Russian: хра́брость (xrábrostʹ) — (slang) courage
- Russian: си́ла во́ли (síla vóli) — (slang) courage
- Spanish: agallas — (slang) courage
- Spanish: pelotas — (slang) courage
- Spanish: huevos — (slang) courage
- Spanish: cojones — (slang) courage
- Spanish: bolas — (slang) courage
- Tagalog: bayag — (slang) courage
- Finnish: sisältö — (slang) content; substance
- Finnish: substanssi — (slang) content; substance
- Italian: contenuto — (slang) content; substance
- Italian: sostanza — (slang) content; substance
- Italian: costrutto — (slang) content; substance
- Italian: essenziale — essentials; core parts
- Italian: essenza — essentials; core parts
- Italian: cuore — essentials; core parts
- Italian: nucleo — essentials; core parts
- Italian: fondamenta — essentials; core parts
- Polish: bebechy — essentials; core parts