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Gut vs Guttle - What's the difference?

gut | guttle |

As an initialism gut

is grand unification theory.

As a verb guttle is

to put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.

gut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
  • (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
    • beer gut
  • (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  • A person's emotional, visceral self.
    • I have a funny feeling in my gut .
  • (in the plural) The essential, core parts.
    • He knew all about the guts of the business, how things actually get done.
  • (in the plural) Ability and will to face up to adversity or unpleasantness.
    • It took a lot of guts to admit to using banned substances on television.
  • (informal) A gut course
    • You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut .
  • A narrow passage of water.
    • the Gut of Canso
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * alimentary canal, digestive system, guts, intestine, tharm, innards * , belly, paunch (enlarged), potbelly (enlarged), stomach, tum, tummy * (intestines of an animal used to make strings) catgut

    Derived terms

    * catgut * gut barging * gut feeling * hate someone's guts * gutless * gutsy * tailgut

    Verb

    (gutt)
  • To eviscerate.
  • To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
  • :* fire gutted the building
  • :* Congress gutted the welfare bill.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made of gut, e.g., a violin with gut strings
  • Instinctive, e.g., a gut reaction

    • Related terms

    * blood-and-guts

    Anagrams

    * ----

    guttle

    English

    Verb

    (guttl)
  • To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
  • * Dryden Translations From Persius, The Sixth Satire of Pursius :
    • His jolly brother, opposite in sense, / Laughs at his thrift; and lavish of expence / Quaffs, crams, and guttles, in his own defence.
  • * 1890s , Poverty Knock :
    • I know I can guttle, when I hear my shuttle, go poverty, poverty knock.
  • To swallow.
  • * 1692 (1616-1704) Fables Of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists :
    • The fool spit in his porridge, to try if they'd hiss : they did not hiss, and so he guttled them up, and scalded his chops

    Derived terms

    * guttler - a greedy eater

    See also

    * devour * gorge * gobble * gulp

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