gutshot
Shot in belly
Gutshot describes being shot in the abdomen, a wound that in the era before modern medicine was typically fatal and notoriously painful.
The term extends to poker, where a gutshot straight draw means you need one specific card in the middle of a sequence to complete your hand—like needing a 7 to fill 5-6-8-9.
Both uses share the sense of something hitting you in the vulnerable middle.
He was gutshot in the firefight and barely survived.
Create with pencil
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
- unlikelyNot apt to happen
- chaseRapid following of quarry
outs · river · turn · hold'em · bluff · all-in · underdog · gamble
Of the belly region
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- penetratingPassing into or through
- perforationHole punched through something
viscera · laparotomy · intestinal · stomach · peritonitis · sepsis · exploratory · stabilization
Having sustained harm
- corneredUnable to flee
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- clingingGripping without release
- direExtremely serious or urgent
hopeless · frantic · doomed · reckless · grim · harrowing · precarious · fading
Blow dealt without warning
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- reelingUnsteady from shock
winded · floored · staggered · thunderstruck · breathless · speechless · disbelief · visceral
draw
Create with pencil
chase · outs · river · turn · hold'em · bluff · all-in · underdog · gamble · high-stakes
abdominal
Of the belly region
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- penetratingPassing into or through
perforation · viscera · laparotomy · intestinal · stomach · peritonitis · sepsis · exploratory · stabilization · transfusion
wounded
Having sustained harm
dire · hopeless · frantic · doomed · reckless · grim · harrowing · precarious · fading · critical
sucker-punch
Blow dealt without warning
- blindsidedSurprised by unforeseen impact
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
reeling · winded · floored · staggered · thunderstruck · breathless · speechless · disbelief · visceral · crushing
- poker drawsopen-ended, belly buster
- card termsace, pair, flush, king of hearts, straight