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gut shot

gut shot is the simple past and past participle of gut shoot.

gut shot is the alternative form of gut-shot.

Noun

gut shot (plural gut shots)

  1. A shot in the gut.
    • If you're sure of a gut shot, the buck will usually be bedded within five hundred yards of where it was hit.1995, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge, page 166
    • When we speak of a gut shot we are generally referring to a whitetail that has taken an arrow hit behind the diaphragm and in front of the hams.2006, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 60, page 14
  2. (slang) A gut-shot straight.
    • If you raise, you're probably going to force players with second pair or a gut shot to fold, so your best option is to call.2014, V.T., Playing Online Texas Hold ‘Em

Meaning of gut-shot

Adjective

gut-shot (not comparable)

  1. Having been shot in the gut.
    • For instance, one writer who discussed tracking gut-shot deer talked about a kidney hit and compared it to the liver and stomach wound.2001, John Trout, Jr., Finding Wounded Deer: Tracking Deer Shot with Bow Or Gun, →ISBN, page 2
  2. Extremely dismayed or distressed.
    • What he liked, his mother absolutely wouldn't like, and since it had been his bright idea for Conchita to come over so that she might finally meet his mother, an idea that, as soon as it was broached, developed an alarming weight of regret, regret so heavy he found himself unable to put the phone...2003, Melinda Haynes, Willem's Field: A Novel, →ISBN, page 281

Forms of gut shot

Verb
alternative formgutshot
Noun
pluralgut shots

Words formed from gut shot

Questions about gut shot

What does gut shot mean?
Gut shot means a shot in the gut.
What is gut shot the simple past and past participle of?
Gut shot is the simple past and past participle of gut shoot.
What part of speech is gut shot?
Gut shot is a noun.
What is the plural of gut shot?
The plural of gut shot is gut shots.

Words near gut shot in the dictionary

  1. gut rolls
  2. gut rot
  3. gut shoot
  4. gut shooting
  5. gut shoots
  6. gut shot
  7. gut shot straight
  8. gut shot straights
  9. gut shots
  10. gut through
  11. gut up

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