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Definition of gut verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. [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.
    Topics Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • totally
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  2. 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.
  3. Word OriginOld English guttas (plural), probably related to gēotan ‘pour’.
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