Meaning of gutful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.
   informal
2. As much as one is willing to hear or experience; as much as or more than one can bear; too much; a surfeit.
   Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang

Examples

“He drank a gutful of beer.”

“In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double⟳, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes.”

“Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.”

“Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd.”

“I've had a gutful of politics lately.”

“By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name⟳ it, we'd had a gutful of it.”

“He starts mouthing off a bit, then Priz says, “Pipe down while we′re trying to eat⟳,” and then Dogga looks up and puts in, “I′ve had a gutful of ye.” ‘So then Barrowclough, the uraguhne, says, “Well, I′ve had a gutful of ye,” and adds, “I′ll break⟳ yer bleedin′ kneck.””

“I told the captain what had happened and that the only reason⟳ the second rower hadn′t been sent off was because he missed. Then I added that I′d had a gutful and I′d start⟳ getting rid⟳ of blokes if it kept up. The captain said, ‘You′ve had a gutful! Well, we′ve had a gutful of you.’”

“I looked at him and thought, ‘[…]He is, he′s exposing himself!’ I abandoned my shopping trolley, marched over to him and screamed, 'I′ve had a gutful! Do you understand⟳ me? I′ve had an absolute gutful of men and their dicks.[…]’”

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