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  1. noun The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach.
  2. noun The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut.
  3. noun The bowels; entrails; viscera.
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  • The only alternative was jail, whichhe knew in his gut could be a lifetime banishment. —  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • The cramp in my gut was always there, but I had learned to master it. —  forestmage
  • Remember, heuristic rules, which we know as our gut instincts, tend to form when the same circumstances produce the same results in the majority of cases. —  Out of My Gord
  • When an offensive line is strong up the gut, however, the defense knows that coming up the gut is a low-percentage play. —  The Fifth Down
  • She introduces all of her fiber students to gut, which is funny, because most people can't stand the smell and have to leave the room. —  Metro Times
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  1. From Middle English guttes, entrails, from Old English guttas; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Anglo-Saxon gut (plural guttas), intestine; orig. a ‘Channel’ a sense found in English dial. gut, also gote, goyt, gowt, Scots got, goat, etc., from Middle English gutte, gote, goote, a channel of water, a drain (= Middle Dutch gote, a channel, Dutch goot = German gosse, gutter, sewer, sink, water-pipe, rain-pipe, = Sw. gjuta, a leat, = Danish gyde, a lane); from Anglo-Saxon geótan (preterit plural guton, past participle goten), pour out, intransitive flow, stream, = Dutch gieten = German giessen = Icelandic gjōta, cast, etc., = Sw. gjuta = Danish gyde, pour: see gush.
  2. from Middle English gutten; from the noun.
 

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