gut
verb/ɡʌt/
/ɡʌt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gut | /ɡʌt/ /ɡʌt/ |
| he / she / it guts | /ɡʌts/ /ɡʌts/ |
| past simple gutted | /ˈɡʌtɪd/ /ˈɡʌtɪd/ |
| past participle gutted | /ˈɡʌtɪd/ /ˈɡʌtɪd/ |
| -ing form gutting | /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/ /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to destroy the inside or contents of a building or room
- be gutted (by something) The hotel was completely gutted by fire last year.
- The house was completely gutted.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- totally
- gut something to remove the organs from inside a fish or an animal to prepare it for cooking
- The fish was already cleaned and gutted.
Word OriginOld English guttas (plural), probably related to gēotan ‘pour’.
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