Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of gut.
- n. The remains after gutting a fish.
- adj. UK disheartening, crushing
Examples
“Audience claps for his criticism of "Bue Dog" Democrats and their interest in "gutting" the public option.”
Cong. Hank Johnson's Health Care Town Hall (Blog for Democracy)
“There has to be a solid, definitive agency vision and a comprehensive strategy that provides productive direction to the creative thought process, and it has to be something that you are going to stick with instead of taking liberties in gutting certain things to make up for the shortcomings in others. common sense”
“They have, however, been extremely aggressive in gutting precedents without explicitly overturning them.”
“This will only get worse now that the Supreme Court appointed by Bush have lead a 5-4 in gutting 100 years of campaign finance reform.”
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » It Won’t Stop Until Someone (Besides the Taxpayers) Pays a Price
“Obama isn't wasting any time in gutting our national defense.”
“Four busloads came from Broward, joining angry parents from across the state to confront legislators on classroom cuts they described as gutting elective programs like sports and arts and jeopardizing the job security of teachers.”
“What makes it so gutting is that it wasn’t even anything particularly stylish that they did with it.”
“We’d load up David’s van and deliver the fish to his brothers’ shops (they took turns going to the market), stopping finally at his own, where he’d unload and begin gutting and filleting.”
“Mr. Tang resisted the idea of gutting the Chinatown restaurant to make it "cool and hip" and instead decided to "preserve a piece of New York history," he said.”
“Rep. Obey's so-called gutting would leave 90 percent of the funds available for the program over the next year in place.”
The Huffington Post: Scott Lilly: Education Reforms Will Miss the 'Top' Without Broader Consensus
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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Spam Names
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