gut
/ɡʌt/ noun B2- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged. · You've developed quite a beer gut since I last met you.
- The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self. · I have a funny feeling in my gut.
- A class that is not demanding or challenging. · You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.
- A narrow channel, passage, or stream of water. (Compare gote.) · the Gut of Canso
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
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