Gut vs. Nut

Gutnoun

The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.

Gutnoun

(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged

Gutnoun

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

Gutnoun

A person's emotional, visceral self.

Gutnoun

(informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.

Gutnoun

A narrow passage of water.

Gutnoun

The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

Gutverb

(transitive) To eviscerate.

Gutverb

(transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

Gutadjective

Made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings

Gutadjective

Instinctive, e.g., a gut reaction

Gutnoun

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

Gutnoun

An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

Gutnoun

One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.

Gutnoun

The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.

Gutverb

To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house.

Gutnoun

the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Gutnoun

a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery

Gutverb

empty completely; destroy the inside of;

Gutverb

remove the guts of;

Gutnoun

the stomach or belly

Gutnoun

the lower alimentary canal or a part of this; the intestine

Gutnoun

entrails that have been removed or exposed in violence or by a butcher.

Gutnoun

a fat stomach.

Gutnoun

the inner parts or essence of something

Gutnoun

used to form names attributing negative characteristics to people

Gutnoun

used in reference to a feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought

Gutnoun

personal courage and determination; toughness of character

Gutnoun

fibre made from the intestines of animals, used especially for violin or racket strings or for surgical use.

Gutnoun

a narrow passage or strait.

Gutverb

remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it.

Gutverb

remove or destroy completely the internal parts of (a building or other structure)

Gutverb

cause (someone) to feel extremely upset or disappointed

Nutnoun

A hard-shelled seed.

Nutnoun

A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.

Nutnoun

(slang) A crazy person.

Nutnoun

(slang) The head.

Nutnoun

Monthly expense to keep a venture running.

Nutnoun

The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

Nutnoun

A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.

Nutnoun

On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.

Nutnoun

En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

Nutnoun

An extravagantly fashionable young man.

Nutnoun

A testicle.

Nutnoun

Semen, ejaculate.

Nutnoun

Orgasm male, ejaculation, release of semen

Nutnoun

(colloquial) An extreme enthusiast.

Nutnoun

(climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)

Nutnoun

The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare t=the best possible hand available.

Nutnoun

The tumbler of a gunlock.

Nutnoun

(nautical) A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.

Nutverb

(mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts.

Nutverb

To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.

Nutnoun

The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.

Nutnoun

A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of 1st Bolt.

Nutnoun

The tumbler of a gunlock.

Nutnoun

Testicles.

Nutverb

To gather nuts.

Nutnoun

usually large hard-shelled seed

Nutnoun

Egyptian goddess of the sky

Nutnoun

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

Nutnoun

a whimsically eccentric person

Nutnoun

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction;

Nutnoun

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens;

Nutverb

gather nuts