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adjective
(guttier; -est)
Date: 1942
1. gutsy 1 <a gutty quarterback> 2. having a vigorous challenging quality <gutty realism>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gutty
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Gutty — Gut ty, a. [L. gutta drop: cf. F. goutt[ e]. Cf. {Guttated}.] (Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gutty — [gut′ē] adj. guttier, guttiest var. of GUTSY … English World dictionary
Gutty — Guty … Deutsch Wikipedia
gutty — /gut ee/, adj., guttier, guttiest. Informal. showing spirit; plucky; gutsy: a gutty attempt to kick a field goal. [1935 40; GUT + Y1] * * * … Universalium
gutty — adjective gutsy … Wiktionary
gutty — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Slang. Having or showing courage: audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game, hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid,… … English dictionary for students
gutty — adj British bold, brave or bolshie . A late 1980s coinage, popular in unsophisticated speech, which is a back formation from the well established colloquial sense of guts denoting courage … Contemporary slang
gutty — adj. brave, spirited … English contemporary dictionary
gutty — gutty1 noun (plural gutties) Irish & Scottish informal a plimsoll. gutty2 adjective (guttier, guttiest) N. Amer. informal determined and spirited … English new terms dictionary
gutty — gut•ty [[t]ˈgʌt i[/t]] adj. ti•er, ti•est cvb inf tough; gutsy • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
