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gut shot en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of gut-shot.
   alt of gut-shot
   • Jake felt that rat feeling again and the gut shot realization that he'd gotten Greg killed. 2012, Kristina Wright, Dangerous Curves, →ISBN:
   • The taste of clean killed, still hunted animals far exceeds that of either gut shot deer or those run by dogs. 1976, Pirate's Pantry: Treasured Recipes of Southwest Louisiana, →ISBN, page 86:

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gut shot en · NOUN

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1. A shot in the gut.
   • If you're sure of a gut shot, the buck will usually be bedded within five hundred yards of where it was hit. 1995, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge, page 166:
   • When we speak of a gut shot we are generally referring to a whitetail that has taken an arrow hit behind the diaphragm and in front of the hams. 2006, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 60, page 14:
   • He was groaning in agony from the gut shot, and it kept him from regaining his feet. 2010, Joe Mckinney, Apocalypse of the Dead, →ISBN, page 83:
2. (slang) A gut-shot straight.
   • If you raise, you're probably going to force players with second pair or a gut shot to fold, so your best option is to call. 2014, V.T., Playing Online Texas Hold ‘Em:

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gutter

gut shot en · VERB

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1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of gut shoot
   form of gut shoot

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