<B>Gurunsi, </B>noun, pl. <B>-si,</B> <B>-sis,</B> or <B>-sies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a Voltaic people of Upper Volta. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Gur language of this people. </DL>
<A NAME="gurunut">
<B>guru nut, =kola nut.</B></DL>
<A NAME="gush">
<B>gush, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to rush out suddenly; pour out. <BR> <I>Ex. Oil gushed from the new well. (Figurative.) In the great ballroom, the long speeches of welcome began to gush afresh (Edmund Wilson).</I> (SYN) spurt, spout. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) to talk in a way that shows too much silly feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. All the girls gushed about the new movie star.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to have an abundant flow of blood, tears, or other liquid. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to give forth suddenly or very freely. <BR> <I>Ex. The wound gushed blood.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a rush of water or other liquid from an enclosed place. <BR> <I>Ex. a gush of tears. If you get a deep cut, there is usually a gush of blood.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a sudden and violent outbreak; burst. <BR> <I>Ex. a gush of anger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) talk that shows too much silly feeling. </DL>
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<B>gusher, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an oil well that gives oil in great quantities without pumping. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) a gushy person. </DL>
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<B>gushing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that gushes. <BR> <I>Ex. gushing fountains (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) gushy; effusive. <BR> <I>Ex. She was indeed a gushing thing, was the youngest Miss Pecksniff (Dickens).</I> adv. <B>gushingly.</B> noun <B>gushingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gushy">
<B>gushy, </B>adjective, <B>gushier,</B> <B>gushiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> showing too much silly feeling; effusive; sentimental. adv. <B>gushily.</B> noun <B>gushiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>gusla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Serbian musical instrument of the viol family, having one horsehair string stretched over a parchment sounding board. <BR> <I>Ex. And Slavic guslas will, forsooth, Lull both of us to sleep (John Updike).</I> </DL>
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<B>gusset, </B>noun, verb, <B>-seted,</B> <B>-seting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a triangular piece of material inserted in a garment to give greater strength or more room. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bracket or plate used to reinforce the joints of a structure. <DD><B> 3. </B>a flexible piece of mail,used to protect the armpit in a suit of armor. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish with a gusset. </DL>
<A NAME="gussy">
<B>gussy, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-sied,</B> <B>-sying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) Usually, <B>gussy up,</B> to dress up attractively or showily; decorate. <BR> <I>Ex. Marguerite, who had a distinct flair for decoration ... helped Perle gussy up the legation at Luxembourg (San Francisco Chronicle).</I> </DL>
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<B>gust</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a sudden, violent rush of wind. <BR> <I>Ex. A gust upset the small sailboat.</I> (SYN) squall. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sudden burst of rain, smoke, or sound, usually carried by the wind. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) an outburst of anger or other feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. Gusts of laughter greeted the clown.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to blow in gusts. <BR> <I>Ex. With the northwesterly wind gusting up to 25 m.p.h., yesterday's race ... had to be shortened (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>gust</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>taste or liking. <BR> <I>Ex. I had no gust to antiquities (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a pleasing flavor. <BR> <I>Ex. The whole vegetable tribe have lost their gust with me (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>keen enjoyment; zest. <BR> <I>Ex. He drinks his simple beverage with a gust (William Cowper).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to taste; relish. adj. <B>gustable.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gustation">
<B>gustation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of tasting. <DD><B> 2. </B>the ability to taste. </DL>
<B>gustatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the sense of taste; having to do with tasting. <BR> <I>Ex. Eating fine foods gives gustatory pleasure.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gustatorybud">
<B>gustatory bud</B> or <B>corpuscle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of the small, flask-shaped bodies in the epithelium of the tongue, believed to be organs of taste. </DL>
<A NAME="gustful">
<B>gustful</B> (1), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> gusty; windy. <BR> <I>Ex. on a gustful April morn (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gustful">
<B>gustful</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>pleasant to the taste; tasty. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) agreeable to the mind or feelings. adv. <B>gustfully.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gusto">
<B>gusto, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>hearty enjoyment; keen relish; zest. <BR> <I>Ex. The hungry boy ate his dinner with gusto. He read me, though with too much gusto, some little poems of his own (Samuel Pepys).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>liking or taste. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) artistic style. </DL>
<A NAME="gusttunnel">
<B>gust tunnel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crude wind tunnel with a large cross section for testing the effects of gusts upon the flight of aircraft. </DL>
<B>gut, </B>noun, verb, <B>gutted,</B> <B>gutting,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the whole alimentary canal or one of its parts, such as the intestines or stomach. <DD><B> 2. </B>a tough string made from the dried and twisted intestines of sheep and other animals; catgut. Gut is used mainly for the strings of musical instruments and tennis rackets, and sewing up wounds. <DD><B> 3. </B>the silk fiber taken from a silkworm before it spins its cocoon. It is used in making snells for fishhooks. <DD><B> 4. </B>a narrow channel or gully. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to remove the entrails of; disembowel. (SYN) eviscerate. <DD><B> 2a. </B>to destroy the inside of. <BR> <I>Ex. Fire gutted the building and left only the brick walls standing.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. The Supreme Court gutted this law in a 1951 opinion (New York Times). Dodge protected the Bureau against those who wanted to gut its staff (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S. Informal.) <B>1. </B>vital, basic, or elemental. <BR> <I>Ex. a gut feeling. The gut issue is the demand for higher wages and pensions (Time). There is little, as they would phrase it, "gut reaction" in favour of trade unionism among American workers (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=gutsy.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>guts,</B> <DD><B> a(1). </B>the entrails; bowels. </I> <I>Ex. A solution of this substance [was] injected into the ... guts of a dog (John Thomson).</I> <DD><B> (2). </B>(Informal, Figurative.) the vital or essential part. <BR> <I>Ex. The old rule was that the guts of the story should be in the first paragraph (Punch).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) pluck; courage; endurance. <BR> <I>Ex. I expect I haven't the guts to keep on and keep it up (J. B. Priestley).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>one's guts,</B> </I>(Slang.) a person (used as an intensifier). <BR> <I>Ex. "I hate him, Mother! I can't stand his guts!" (Philip Roth). The brass hate his guts because he isn't afraid of them (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gut">
<B>GUT</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> grand unified theory. </DL>
<A NAME="gutbucket">
<B>gutbucket, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Jazz Slang.) barrelhouse. </DL>
<A NAME="gutcourse">
<B>gut course,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an easy college or university course. </DL>
<A NAME="gutfighter">
<B>gutfighter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a hard-hitting, tough adversary. </DL>
<A NAME="guthrun">
<B>Guthrun, </B>noun. <B>=Gudrun.</B></DL>
<A NAME="gutjob">
<B>gut job,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a gut renovation. <BR> <I>Ex. Before you can say gut job, a remodeler takes Mr. Vila to a similar house that was lately redone (Walter Goodman).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="gutless">
<B>gutless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>lacking courage; cowardly. <DD><B> 2. </B>without vigor or vitality; spiritless. <BR> <I>Ex. Colleges are supposedly more gutless than ever (Time).</I> noun <B>gutlessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutnic">
<B>Gutnic, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Swedish dialect of the island of Gotland. Also, <B>Gutnish.</B> </DL>
<B>gut renovation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> repair or restoration of a building that involves removal and reconstruction of the interior; gut rehabilitation. <BR> <I>Ex. Maintenance fees are usually set at lower levels than in buildings that undergo gut renovation (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="guts">
<B>guts, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>gut.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutsy">
<B>gutsy, </B>adjective, <B>gutsier,</B> <B>gutsiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>full of guts. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) a gutsy fighter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) full of vitality; lusty. <BR> <I>Ex. a gutsy singer.</I> adv. <B>gutsily.</B> noun <B>gutsiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="gutta">
<B>gutta, </B>noun, pl. <B>guttae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, droplike ornament in the shape of the frustum of a cone. It is attached to the under side of the mutules, etc., of the Doric entablature. <DD><B> 2. </B>a dropshaped marking, as on an insect's wing. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Pharmacy.) a drop of liquid medicine. </DL>
<A NAME="guttapercha">
<B>gutta-percha, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance like rubber, made from the thick, milky juice of certain tropical trees of the same family as the sapodilla. It is used especially in dentistry and in insulating electric wires. </DL>
<A NAME="guttate">
<B>guttate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in the form of drops. <DD><B> 2. </B>containing drops. <DD><B> 3. </B>spotted as if by drops. </DL>
<A NAME="guttated">
<B>guttated, </B>adjective. <B>=guttate.</B></DL>
<A NAME="guttation">
<B>guttation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> loss of water by a plant in the form of droplets, usually from the leaf. </DL>
