Word.ws English Dictionary

gut shot straight

gut shot straight is the alternative form of gut-shot straight.

Meaning of gut-shot straight

Noun

gut-shot straight (plural gut-shot straights)

  1. (slang) A straight obtained by an inside straight draw; a poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight, e.g. 3-4-6-7 requiring a five.
    • Whenever you decide to draw to a gut-shot straight, you need to be sure that the pot will not be raised behind you.2003, Matthew Hilger, Internet Texas Hold'em, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of gut shot straight

pluralgut shot straights

Questions about gut shot straight

What is gut shot straight the alternative form of?
Gut shot straight is the alternative form of gut-shot straight.

Words near gut shot straight in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gut shot straight (page history and authors); gut-shot straight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “gut shot straight.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gut_shot_straight. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.