guts

See also: GUTs and Guts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌts/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʌts

Noun

guts

1. plural of gut

Noun

guts pl (plural only)

1. The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

   Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera

2. (by extension, informal) Courage; determination.

   Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage

   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.

3. (informal) Content, substance.

   His speech had no guts in it.

4. (informal) The essential, core parts.

   He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.

5. (informal) One's innermost feelings.

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

6. (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
7. (Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.

Derived terms

• black as a dog's guts
• black guts
• blood-and-guts
• blood and guts
• bubble guts
• drop one's guts
• ducks' guts
• duck's guts
• ducks guts
• fight one's guts out
• guts out
• hate someone's guts
• have someone's guts for garters
• misery guts
• play one's guts out
• puke one's guts out
• rearrange someone's guts
• rusty guts
• slog one's guts out
• spill one's guts
• spill one's guts out
• sweat one's guts out
• tub of guts
• work one's guts out

 

Translations

entrails

• Afrikaans: ingewande (af)
• Amharic: ጉሮሮ (guroro)
• Armenian: փորոտիք (hy) (pʻorotikʻ)
• Aromanian: matsã
• Burmese: အူ (my) (u)
• Carpathian Rusyn: флякы (fljakŷ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內臟／内脏 (zh) (nèizàng)

• Dalmatian: alaite
• Dutch: ingewanden (nl) n pl
• Egyptian: (mẖtw)
• Esperanto: intestoj pl, intestaro, viscero
• Finnish: sisäelimet (fi), sisälmykset (fi)
• French: entrailles (fr) f pl, tripes (fr) f pl
• Galician: tripada f, entrañas f, tripas (gl) f pl, tripaxe f
• German: Eingeweide (de) n pl

  Alemannic German: Gehüdel n

• Greek: έντερα (el) n pl (éntera)

  Ancient: χολάδες f pl (kholádes)

• Guaraní: py'akue
• Hawaiian: naʻau
• Hebrew: מעיים (he) m pl (me'áim), קרביים (he) m pl (qraváim)
• Hungarian: bél (hu)
• Interlingua: tripas f pl, entranias f pl
• Irish: inní m pl
• Italian: interiora (it) f pl, viscere (it) f pl, frattaglie (it) f pl, rigaglie (it) f pl, corata f, coratella (it) f
• Korean: 배알 (ko) (baeal)
• Macedonian: црева n pl (creva)
• Maori: whēkau
• Navajo: atsą́ siláí
• Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: tripas (pt) f pl, vísceras f pl, entranhas (pt) f pl
• Romanian: mațe (ro) n pl, măruntaie (ro) m pl
• Russian: кишки́ (ru) f pl (kiškí)
• Spanish: tripas (es) f, tripa (es) f
• Sundanese: peujit
• Tupinambá: py'a
• Zealandic: dermen pl

(slang) courage

• Catalan: pebrots (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 膽／胆 (daam²)

  Hokkien: 膽／胆 (zh-min-nan) (táⁿ, tám)

  Mandarin: 有種／有种 (zh) (yǒuzhǒng)

• Dutch: lef (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pokka (fi), kantti (fi), sisu (fi)
• French: tripes (fr) f pl, cran (fr) m, guts (fr) m (plural in France; singular in Québec)
• Georgian: ტრაკი (ṭraḳi) (vulgar)
• German: Mumm (de) m (coll.), Eier (de) n pl (vulgar)
• Greek: άντερα (el) n pl (ántera), κότσια (el) n pl (kótsia)
• Hebrew: אומץ (he) m (ómetz)
• Italian: fegato (it) m, coraggio (it) m
• Japanese: 根性 (ja) (konjō), ガッツ (ja) (gattsu)
• Korean: 배짱 (ko) (baejjang)
• Macedonian: мадиња n pl (madinja)
• Portuguese: fígado (pt) m, estômago (pt) m
• Russian: хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), си́ла во́ли (ru) f (síla vóli)
• Spanish: agallas (es) f pl, pelotas (es) f pl (vulgar), huevos (es) m pl (vulgar), cojones (es) m pl (vulgar), bolas (es) f pl (vulgar)
• Tagalog: bayag (vulgar)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

(slang) content; substance

• Finnish: sisältö (fi), substanssi (fi)
• Italian: contenuto (it) m, sostanza (it) f, costrutto (it) m

essentials; core parts

• Italian: essenziale (it) m, essenza (it) f, cuore (it) m, nucleo (it) m, fondamenta (it) f pl
• Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} py'aguasu (2)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} corage (2)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} curaj (ro) (2)

Verb

guts

1. 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)

1. (Australia, informal) To eat greedily.
2. (informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

   He gutsed out a 6-1 win.

Anagrams

• Gust, gust, tugs

Danish

Noun

guts c

1. indefinite genitive singular of gut

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʏts

Noun

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

1. gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid
2. a chisel type with a hollow beak

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: eshi

Verb

guts

1. inflection of gutsen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

References

• 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