guts

noun

(by extension, informal) Courage; determination.

The entrails or contents of the abdomen.

(informal) One's innermost feelings.

(informal) Content, substance.

(informal) The essential, core parts.

(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre.

(Australian rules football, informal) The center of the field.

verb

(informal) To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out).

(Australia, informal) To eat greedily.

Synonyms for guts

moxien backbonen gritn innardsn gutsinessn couragen entrailsn spunkn insidesn visceran fortituden mettlen pluckinessn chutzpahn gamenessn bowelsn

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