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gutting

/ˈɡʌtɪŋ/

gutting is the present participle and gerund of gut.

Noun

gutting (plural guttings)

  1. (in plural) The remains after gutting a fish.
    • mackerel guttings
    Synonyms:
    guts
  2. The act by which somebody is gutted.
    • Near-synonyms: evisceration, disembowelment

Meaning of gut

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To eviscerate.
    • Holonym: field dress
  2. (transitive) To remove or destroy the most important parts of.
    • Fire gutted the building.
  3. (transitive) To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of).
    • They were gutted by the court's decision.

See all 13 meanings of gut

Adjective

gutting (comparative more gutting, superlative most gutting)

  1. Disheartening, crushing.

Synonyms of gutting

Forms of gutting

Noun
pluralguttings
Adjective
comparativemore gutting
superlativemost gutting

Phrases with gutting

Words that rhyme with gutting

Questions about gutting

What does gutting mean?
Gutting means the remains after gutting a fish.
What is gutting the present participle and gerund of?
Gutting is the present participle and gerund of gut.
What part of speech is gutting?
Gutting can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce gutting?
Gutting is pronounced /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/.
What is the plural of gutting?
The plural of gutting is guttings.

Words near gutting in the dictionary

  1. guttiferones
  2. guttiferous
  3. guttifers
  4. guttiform
  5. guttiness
  6. gutting
  7. gutting for
  8. gutting out
  9. gutting up
  10. guttings
  11. guttle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gutting (page history and authors); gut (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.

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