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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