Gut

Kannada Meaning

English Meaning

1. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.
2. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.
3. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
4. Slang Innermost emotional or visceral response: She felt in her gut that he was guilty.
5. Slang The essential components or inner working parts: "The best part of a good car . . . is its guts” ( Leigh Allison Wilson).
6. Slang Courage; fortitude.
7. Slang Nerve; audacity.
8. Slang A gut course.
9. A thin, tough cord made from the intestines of animals, usually sheep, used as strings for musical instruments or as surgical sutures.
10. A narrow passage or channel.
11. Fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle.
12. To remove the intestines or entrails of; eviscerate.
13. To extract essential or major parts of: gut a manuscript.
14. To destroy the interior of: Fire gutted the house.
15. To reduce or destroy the effectiveness of: A stipulation added at the last minute gutted the ordinance.
16. Slang Arousing or involving basic emotions; visceral: "Conservationism is a gut issue in the West” ( Saturday Review).
17. gut it out Slang To show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity.