Gutting

verb

/ˈɡʌtɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo eviscerate.

"The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them."

2.verbTo remove or destroy the most important parts of.

"Congress gutted the welfare bill."

3.noun(chiefly in the plural) The remains after gutting a fish.

"mackerel guttings"

4.adjectiveDisheartening, crushing.

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