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guts

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??ts/

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
  3. (informal) Content, substance.
  4. (informal) The essential, core parts.
  5. (informal) One's innermost feelings.
  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.

Translations

Verb

guts

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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

  • Rhymes: -?ts

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

Verb

guts

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

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

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backbone

English

Etymology

From Middle English bakbon, bakebon, bac-bon, equivalent to back +? bone. Compare the semantically analogous Old English hry??b?n (backbone; spine), West Frisian rêchbonke (backbone).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?bæk?b??n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?bæk?bo?n/

Noun

backbone (countable and uncountable, plural backbones)

  1. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
  2. (figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
  3. (figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.

Synonyms

  • spine
  • spinal column
  • vertebral column
  • See also Thesaurus:backbone

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