Past tense of gut
regular verb
The past tense of gut is gutted. The past participle is also gutted.
Forms of gut
| Base form (V1) | gut /ɡʌt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gutted /ˈɡʌtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | gutted /ˈɡʌtɪd/ |
| Present participle | gutting /ˈɡʌtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | guts /ɡʌts/ |
Gutted in a sentence
- The lioness gutted her prey.
- Fire gutted the building.
- So there I was feeling totally gutted by the whole ghastly business.2006, Paul Mitch, Life on the Rock and Roll: Dole. From the entry gutted
- He took them down, skinned them, gutted them, and brought them back to the camp.2003, Stephen King, The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, 2nd edition, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry silflay
- Mother Gota gutted two and l pigstuck one when I walked in.1997, Glen Cook, Bleak Seasons, page 276. From the entry pigstick
Meaning of gut
- noun The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- noun The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.
- noun The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
Questions about the past tense of gut
- What is the past tense of gut?
- The past tense of gut is gutted.
- What is the past participle of gut?
- The past participle of gut is gutted.
- Is gut a regular or irregular verb?
- Gut is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gut (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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