gut´ti|ness

gut´ti|ness
gut|ty1 «GUHT ee», adjective, -ti|er, -ti|est. Slang.
1. spirited; courageous: »

... a pretty gutty guy (Newsweek).

2. with depth of feeling, as if dragged up from deep inside a person.
–gut´ti|ly, adverb.
–gut´ti|ness, noun.
gut|ty2 «GUHT ee», adjective, noun, plural -ties.
–adj.
1. Music. like gut strings being plucked.
2. made of gutta-percha: »

a gutty ball.

–n.
a gutta-percha golf ball.
╂[< gutt(a percha) + -y1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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