gut shot

See also: gutshot and gut-shot

English

Alternative forms

• gutshot

Verb

gut shot

1. simple past and past participle of gut shoot

Adjective

gut shot (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of gut-shot
   • 1976, Pirate's Pantry: Treasured Recipes of Southwest Louisiana, →ISBN, page 86:

     The taste of clean killed, still hunted animals far exceeds that of either gut shot deer or those run by dogs.

   • 2012, Kristina Wright, Dangerous Curves, →ISBN:

     Jake felt that rat feeling again and the gut shot realization that he'd gotten Greg killed.

Noun

gut shot (plural gut shots)

1. A shot in the gut.
   • 1995, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge, page 166:

     If you're sure of a gut shot, the buck will usually be bedded within five hundred yards of where it was hit.

   • 2006, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 60, page 14:

     When we speak of a gut shot we are generally referring to a whitetail that has taken an arrow hit behind the diaphragm and in front of the hams.

   • 2010, Joe Mckinney, Apocalypse of the Dead, →ISBN, page 83:

     He was groaning in agony from the gut shot, and it kept him from regaining his feet.

2. (poker slang) A gut-shot straight.
   • 2014, V.T., Playing Online Texas Hold ‘Em:

     If you raise, you're probably going to force players with second pair or a gut shot to fold, so your best option is to call.

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