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gutty

adj, noun — 8 senses

gutty

adj

Etymology From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.

1

Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Charged or sprinkled with drops.

gutty

noun

Etymology From gut + -y.

1

One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.

  • Mr Donaldson continued to work during the season as a gutty in the beefhouse at the Lorneville plant, notwithstanding a high level of pain and/or discomfort which he persistently experienced from his elbow disorder.1990, New Zealand Industrial Law Reports:

gutty

adj

Etymology From gut + -y.

1

Slang Gutsy; brave.

2

Having a prominent gut.

  • A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry, page 269:
Derived terms
guttiness

gutty

noun

Etymology Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).

1

Ireland, Dialectal An urchin or delinquent.

2

Ireland, Dialectal Low-class person.

3

Ireland, Dialectal An unpleasant person.

gutty

adj
1

Slang Made of gutta-percha.

  • I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182:
Related terms
guttie

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