guts

See also: GUTs and Guts

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʌts/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ʌts

Noun

guts

plural of gut

Noun

guts pl (plural only)

The entrails or contents of the abdomen.
Synonyms: entrails, guttings, innards, insides, viscera
(by extension, informal) Courage; determination.
Synonyms: pluck, (vulgar) balls, nerve; see also Thesaurus:courage
It must have taken some guts to speak in front of that audience.
She doesn't take any nonsense from anyone—she's got guts.
(informal) Content, substance.
His speech had no guts in it.
(informal) The essential, core parts.
He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
(informal) One's innermost feelings.
If you need someone to spill your guts out to, I'm here.
(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.
(Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.

Translations

entrails

Afrikaans: ingewande (af)
Armenian: փորոտիք (hy) (pʿorotikʿ)
Aromanian: matsã
Burmese: အူ (my) (u)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內臟／内脏 (zh) (nèizàng)
Dalmatian: alaite
Dutch: ingewanden (nl) n pl
Egyptian:

(mẖtw)
Esperanto: intestoj pl, intestaro, viscero
Finnish: sisäelimet (fi), sisälmykset (fi)
French: entrailles (fr) f pl, tripes (fr) f pl
Galician: tripada f, entrañas f, tripas f pl, tripaxe f
German: Eingeweide (de) n pl
Alemannic German: Gehüdel n
Greek: έντερα (el) n pl (éntera)
Ancient: χολάδες f pl (kholádes)
Guaraní: py'akue
Hawaiian: naʻau
Hebrew: מעיים‎ (he) m pl (me'áim), קרביים‎ (he) m pl (qraváim)
Hungarian: bél (hu)
Interlingua: tripas f pl, entranias f pl
Irish: inní m pl
Italian: interiora (it) f pl, viscere (it) f pl, frattaglie (it) f pl, rigaglie (it) f pl, corata f, coratella (it) f
Korean: 배알 (ko) (baeal)
Macedonian: црева n pl (creva)
Maori: whēkau
Navajo: atsą́ siláí
Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl
Portuguese: tripas (pt) f pl, vísceras f pl, entranhas f pl
Romanian: mațe (ro) n pl, măruntaie (ro) m pl
Russian: кишки́ (ru) f pl (kiškí)
Rusyn: флякы (fljakŷ)
Spanish: tripas (es) f, tripa (es) f
Sundanese: peujit
Tupinambá: py'a
Zealandic: dermen pl

(slang) courage

Catalan: pebrots (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Cantonese: 膽, 胆 (daam²)
Mandarin: 有種／有种 (zh) (yǒuzhǒng)
Min Nan: 膽 (zh-min-nan) (táⁿ, tám)
Dutch: lef (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pokka (fi), kantti (fi)
French: tripes (fr) f pl, cran (fr) m, guts (fr) m (plural in France; singular in Québec)
Georgian: ტრაკი (ṭraḳi) (vulgar)
German: Mumm (de) m (coll.), Eier (de) n pl (vulgar)
Greek: άντερα (el) n pl (ántera), κότσια (el) n pl (kótsia)
Hebrew: אומץ‎ (he) m (ómetz)
Italian: fegato (it) m, coraggio (it) m
Japanese: 根性 (ja) (konjō), ガッツ (gattsu)
Korean: 배짱 (ko) (baejjang)
Macedonian: мадиња n pl (madinja)
Portuguese: fígado (pt) m, estômago (pt) m
Romanian: inimă (ro) f, suflet (ro) n
Russian: хра́брость (ru) f (xrábrostʹ), си́ла во́ли (ru) f (síla vóli)
Spanish: agallas (es) f pl, pelotas (es) f pl (vulgar), huevos (es) m pl (vulgar), cojones (es) m pl (vulgar), bolas (es) f pl (vulgar)
Tagalog: bayag (vulgar)
Thai: please add this translation if you can

(slang) content; substance

Finnish: sisältö (fi), substanssi (fi)
Italian: contenuto (it) m, sostanza (it) f, costrutto (it) m

essentials; core parts

Italian: essenziale (it) m, essenza (it) f, cuore (it) m, nucleo (it) m, fondamenta (it) f pl
Polish: bebechy (pl) m pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} py'aguasu (2)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} corage (2)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} curaj (ro) (2)

Verb

guts

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)

(Australia, informal) To eat greedily.
(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

indefinite genitive singular of gut

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ʏts

Noun

guts f or m (plural gutsen, diminutive gutsje n)

gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid
a chisel type with a hollow beak

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: eshi

Verb

guts

first-person singular present indicative of gutsen
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