guts
pronunciation
How to pronounce guts in British English:
UK [gʌts]
How to pronounce guts in American English:
US [gʌts]
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- Noun:
- fortitude and determination
Word Origin
- guts (n.)
- "spirit, courage," 1893, figurative plural of gut (n.). The idea of the bowels as the seat of the spirit goes back to at least mid-14c. (compare bowel).
Example
- 1. Talking that way is rare because it takes guts .
- 2. Best buy has some serious guts .
- 3. The result has been as vivid and incongruous as spilt guts on virgin snow .
- 4. But I knew myself too well to think I would really have the guts to do it .
- 5. The clostridia in their guts could thus be pushing them over the edge .