guts

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʌts/ Rhymes: -ʌts === Noun === guts plural of gut === Noun === guts pl (plural only) The entrails or contents of the abdomen. Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera (by extension, informal) Courage; determination. Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage (informal) Content, substance. (informal) The essential, core parts. Synonyms: bowels, marrow; see also Thesaurus:gist (informal) One's innermost feelings. (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre. (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === guts third-person singular simple present indicative of gut === Verb === guts (third-person singular simple present gutses, present participle gutsing, simple past and past participle gutsed) (Australia, informal) To eat greedily. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out). === Anagrams === Gust, gust, tugs == Danish == === Noun === guts c indefinite genitive singular of gut == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣʏts/ Rhymes: -ʏts === Etymology 1 === From French gouge. ==== Noun ==== guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n) gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid a chisel type with a hollow beak ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: eshi === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== guts inflection of gutsen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “guts1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch] === Anagrams === stug