gut

Meanings

• noun

  The long, hollow, tubular organ in animals that takes in food, secretes digestive enzymes, and absorbs nutrients.

  - "The gut plays a crucial role in digestion."
  - "After the surgery, the patient had difficulty digesting food due to damage to the gut."

• noun

  Informal term for intuition or instinct.

  - "I had a gut feeling that something wasn't right."
  - "He trusted his gut and made the decision without consulting anyone."

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Pronunciation

1. /ɡʌt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

abdomen , beer belly , beer gut , belly , paunch , potbelly , stomach , tum , tummy , alimentary canal , digestive system , guts , innards , intestine , tharm , catgut

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with gut
put , hut , nut

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Variants

List of all variants of gut that leads to same result
gut , gut course , guts , gut it out , guts it out , gutted , gutted it out , gutting , gutting it out , GUT , GUTs , gut check , gut checks , gut courses , gut-wrenching , blind gut , blind guts , beer gut , bust a gut , bust a/one's gut , bust her gut , bust his gut , bust one's gut , bust their gut

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Etymology

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Old English 'gutta' meaning 'gut, intestine'.

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Trivia

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1. The human gut is about 10 meters long.

2. The gut produces about one liter of mucus per day to aid in digestion.

3. The gut contains about 100 trillion bacteria.

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Related Concepts

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1. Digestive system: The collection of organs that processes food for nutrient absorption.

2. Intuition: The ability to understand or know something instinctively, without conscious reasoning.

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Culture

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In literature, the gut is often used as a metaphor for intuition or instinct. In art, it has been depicted in various forms, such as anatomical illustrations and abstract representations.

How to Memorize "gut"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a long, winding tube that takes in food and absorbs nutrients. Visualize the muscles contracting to push food through the gut.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'gut' with the process of digestion and the feeling of instinct or intuition.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'GUT' to remember the definition: 'G' for 'Gastrointestinal', 'U' for 'Ulcer', and 'T' for 'Transit'.

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