gutty

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adjective

Charged or sprinkled with drops.

OriginLatin gutta →
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Meanings

gutty1

adjectivegutty (not comparable)

alternative goutty · alternative goutté · alternative gouté · alternative gutté · alternative guttée

  1. not comparablegovernmentCharged or sprinkled with drops.

gutty2

adjectivegutty (comparative guttier, superlative guttiest)

comparative guttier · superlative guttiest

  1. slangGutsy; brave.
  2. Having a prominent gut.

    A trim-middled hog will have a higher dressing percentage than a wasty, gutty, paunchy, heavy-middled hog.

    1958, John M. Kays, Basic animal husbandry, page 269
noungutty (plural gutties)

plural gutties

  1. One who works in a slaughterhouse cutting out the internal organs.

    Mr Donaldson continued to work during the season as a gutty in the beefhouse at the Lorneville plant, notwithstanding a high level of pain and/or discomfort which he persistently experienced from his elbow disorder.

    1990, New Zealand Industrial Law Reports

gutty3

noungutty (plural gutties)

plural gutties

  1. IrelanddialectalAn urchin or delinquent.
  2. IrelanddialectalLow-class person.
  3. IrelanddialectalAn unpleasant person.

gutty4

adjectivegutty (not comparable)
  1. not comparableslangMade of gutta-percha.

    I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]

    2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
gouttée

Origin

gutty · adjective

  1. Latingutta“drop (of a liquid)”
  2. Englishgutty

From goutte + -y, or anglicization of (Old or Middle French) goutté, ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop (of a liquid)”) (also the ultimate source of English goutte and French goutte). Compare guttated.

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gutty · adjective, noun

From gut + -y.

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gutty · noun

  1. Irishgaotaire“a windbag, someone who talks too much”
  2. Englishgutty

Perhaps from gutter, or guttersnipe. Or possibly from Irish gaotaire (“a windbag, someone who talks too much”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gutty

sluttyputtycuttysmuttyduttybuttytuttyruttysilly puttysuttee
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APA

gutty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutty

MLA

“gutty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gutty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gutty.

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