gut : Idioms & Phrases

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Blind gut

  • noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
    cecum; caecum.
    • the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
WordNet
  • . See CÆcum, n. (b).
Webster 1913

blood-and-guts

  • adjective satellite marked by great zeal or violence
    • real blood-and-guts fiction
    • blood-and-guts football
WordNet

greedy-gut

Greed"y-gut" noun
Definitions
  1. A glutton. Low Todd.
Webster 1913

Gully gut

  • a glutton. Obs. Chapman.
Webster 1913

gut issue

  • noun an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
    hot-button issue.
WordNet

Silkworm gut

  • a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut.
Webster 1913