gut

adj

Etymology: From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

1. Made of gut.

   “a violin with gut strings”

2. Instinctive.

   “gut reaction”

name

Etymology: * As a German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, variant of Guth. Also compare Gutmann. * As an English surname, from the noun gut. See Gott.

1. A surname from German.

noun

1. Initialism of grand unification theory or grand unified theory.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

1. To eviscerate.

   “Holonym: field dress”

   “The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.”

2. To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

   “Fire gutted the building.”

   “Congress gutted the welfare bill.”

3. To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).

   “They were gutted by the court's decision.”

   “It's no worse than what he said in Miami, but hearing him repeat it, attribute it to my father...it guts me. “That's who your family is. Who you are. Stangers—Stanleys, whatever your fucking names are,” he spits.”