Guts
Dragonslayer sword wielder
Guts is a plural noun, used informally and usually in the predicate, and has two distinct meanings.
Guts are the intestines.
The guts of an animal may be removed before or after it is killed: the fish were gutted before they were cooked.
The guts of a machine or building are the parts that are not visible from the outside: the guts of the building were exposed during the remodeling.
Guts is also used informally to denote courage or bravery: She has the guts to go on living despite the terrible loss she suffered.
Coiled digestive organs
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
- visceraAbdominal organs collectively
- bowelsLower digestive organs
- innardsInternal organs collectively
stomach · organs · belly · abdomen · digestive tract · colon · tripe · offal
Free of soil
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- eviscerateRemove internal organs
- filletBoneless meat portion
- deboneRemove skeletal structure
scale · field dress · prepare · process · remove · extract · disembowel · slaughter
Boldness before danger
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- daringAdventurous courage
- fearlessnessComplete lack of dread
moxie · pluck · spine · backbone · fortitude · audacity · mettle · tenacity
Instinctive immediate understanding
- feelingSensed inner state
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
impulse · sensation · inkling · reaction · visceral · reflex · subconscious · innate
intestines
Coiled digestive organs
innards · stomach · organs · belly · abdomen · digestive tract · colon · tripe · offal · giblets
clean
Free of soil
- dressSkirted one-piece garment
- eviscerateRemove internal organs
- filletBoneless meat portion
debone · scale · field dress · prepare · process · remove · extract · disembowel · slaughter · game
bravery
Boldness before danger
fearlessness · moxie · pluck · spine · backbone · fortitude · audacity · mettle · tenacity · chutzpah
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
- feelingSensed inner state
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
premonition · impulse · sensation · inkling · reaction · visceral · reflex · subconscious · innate · instinctive
core
Central essential portion
mechanism · components · contents · internal · heart · center · essence · substance · framework · machinery
Gutscowardice
Absence of bravery
spinelessness · gutlessness · timidity · fearfulness · pusillanimity
Gutsemptiness
Absence of substance
hollowness · superficiality · facade · veneer · shell
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- gut instinctImmediate unreasoned knowing
- gut reactionImmediate unthinking feeling
- gut punchShocking emotional blow
- trust your gutRely on intuition
- gut checkHonest self-examination
gut, gutsy, gutted, gutting, gutless, gutsier, gutsiest, gutsiness