ungut

English

Etymology

un- + gut

Verb

ungut (third-person singular simple present unguts, present participle ungutting, simple past and past participle ungutted)

  1. (rare, now nonstandard) To gut, to remove the guts of.
    • 1713, Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante, or the Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (translated from the Iralian of Giordano Bruno into English by WIlliam Morehead) The Third Dialogue, page 261:
      [L]et it be a great Honour for one to be a Butcher, by killing, flaying, ungutting, and quartering a wild Beast.
    • 1958, Tri-quarterly, volumes 1-3, page 42:
      We killed two rattlesnakes, ungutted them
      And ate them, sliced up, fried like chicken.

German

Etymology

un- + gut

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊŋˈɡuːt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧gut

Adjective

ungut (not comparable)

  1. not good, bad

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