gutful

• gutsful (chiefly New Zealand)

gut +‎ -ful

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gutful (plural gutfuls or gutsful)

1. (informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.

   He drank a gutful of beer.

   • 2005, Zane Radcliffe, The Killer′s Guide to Iceland‎, page 66:

     In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes.

   • 2006, David Blackwell, Clamped‎, page 198:

     Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.

   • 2010, Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission, unnumbered page,

     Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd.

2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) As much as one is willing to hear or experience; too much.

   I've had a gutful of politics lately.

   • 2002, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Lady of the Sorrows‎, page 199:

     He starts mouthing off a bit, then Priz says, “Pipe down while we′re trying to eat,” and then Dogga looks up and puts in, “I′ve had a gutful of ye.”

     ‘So then Barrowclough, the uraguhne, says, “Well, I′ve had a gutful of ye,” and adds, “I′ll break yer bleedin′ kneck.”

   • 2003, Bill Harrigan, Harrigan: The Referee in a League of His Own, unnumbered page,

     I told the captain what had happened and that the only reason the second rower hadn′t been sent off was because he missed. Then I added that I′d had a gutful and I′d start getting rid of blokes if it kept up.

     The captain said, ‘You′ve had a gutful! Well, we′ve had a gutful of you.’

   • 2008, Denise Scott, All That Happened at Number 26‎, page 141:

     I looked at him and thought, ‘ […] He is, he′s exposing himself!’ I abandoned my shopping trolley, marched over to him and screamed, 'I′ve had a gutful! Do you understand me? I′ve had an absolute gutful of men and their dicks. […] ’