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gut for

gut for verb: to want (something) desperately.

Verb

gut for (third-person singular simple present guts for, present participle gutting for, simple past and past participle gutted for)

  1. (Ireland, slang) To want (something) desperately.

Forms of gut for

third-person singular presentguts for
present participlegutting for
past participlegutted for
pastgutted for

Questions about gut for

What does gut for mean?
Gut for means to want (something) desperately.
What part of speech is gut for?
Gut for is a verb.
What is the past tense of gut for?
The past tense of gut for is gutted for.

Words near gut for in the dictionary

  1. gut feel
  2. gut feeling
  3. gut feelings
  4. gut feels
  5. gut fermentation syndrome
  6. gut for
  7. gut hook
  8. gut hooks
  9. gut instinct
  10. gut instincts
  11. gut load

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