Guts

Definitions

1. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
   plural, plural-only
2. Courage; determination.
   broadly, informal, plural, plural-only
3. Content, substance.
   informal, plural, plural-only
4. The essential, core parts.
   informal, plural, plural-only
5. One's innermost feelings.
   informal, plural, plural-only
6. The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
   Australia, New-Zealand, plural, plural-only
7. The center of the field.
   informal, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

36 more languages

Afrikaansingewande

አማርኛጉሮሮ

العربيةأحشاءالأحشاءعفج

Azərbaycan diliiçalat

Bosanskibeldrobkulensisusišu+ 2 more

Catalàpebrots

Ελληνικάάντεραέντερακότσιασπλάχνο+ 1 more

Esperantointestarointestoj

Suomikanttimunamunaskuupokkasisäelimetsisäkalutsisälmyksetsisältösisusisuskalutsubstanssi+ 8 more

Gaeilgeinní

Galegoandorgaasaduraentrañasmagatripatripadatripastripaxe+ 5 more

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻinaʻau

עבריתאומץ

हिन्दीअंतड़ी

Hrvatskibeldrobkulensišusisu+ 2 more

Magyarbel

Հայերենփորոտիք

Bahasa Indonesiausus

Italianocontenutocoraggiocoratacoratellacostruttocuoreessenzaessenzialefegatofondamentafrattaglieinterioranucleorigagliesostanzaviscere+ 13 more

日本語ガッツ度肝意気地根性+ 1 more

ქართულიტრაკი

한국어배알배짱창자

Kurdîbêlbellêf

Latinaileintestinumpantex

Latviešuiekšas

Македонскимадињацрева

မြန်မာအူ

Nederlandsingewandenlef

Polskibebechbebechy

Portuguêsentranhasestômagofígadotripasvísceras+ 2 more

Românămăruntaiemate

Русскийкишки́сила волихрабрость

Српскиbeldrobkulensisusišu+ 2 more

Sesothodikahare

Svenskainälvaränta

Tagalogbayag

Examples

“It must have⟳ taken some guts to speak⟳ in front of that audience.”

“She doesn't take⟳ any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.”

“"Wha's good of living blind's a bat?" be demanded aggressively. "Thash what my wife said. An' she was right - only she's more guts than I have⟳. When she found as the kids was blind too, what did she do? Took 'em into our bed with her and turned on the gas. Thash what she done. An' I hadn't the guts to stick⟳ with 'em. She's got pluck, my wife, more'n I have⟳."”

“His speech had no guts in it.”

“He knew all about the guts of the business: how things actually get⟳ done.”

“The guts of this Rolex watch⟳ are rock-solid.”

“If you need⟳ someone to spill⟳ your guts out to, I'm here.”

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