innards

noun — 2 senses

innards

noun

Etymology Alteration of inwards.

1

The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.

  • It's the place for all black sinners. / Watch them eating dead rat's innards.1970, “Walpurgis (older version of War Pigs)”, in Geezer Butler (lyrics), Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath:
2

Figuratively The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

  • He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

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