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gutful en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From gut + -ful.

Meanings

1. (informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.
   • In every dark corner, fat black bin bags were bent double, throwing up gutfuls of old clothes. 2005, Zane Radcliffe, The Killer′s Guide to Iceland, page 66:
   • He drank a gutful of beer.
   • Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd. 2010, Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission, unnumbered page:
   • Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room. 2006, David Blackwell, Clamped, page 198:
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang) As much as one is willing to hear or experience; as much as or more than one can bear; too much; a surfeit.
   • 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.’ 2003, Bill Harrigan, Harrigan: The Referee in a League of His Own, unnumbered page:
   • By Monday afternoon we were finished - loadwise, physically, mentally, you name it, we'd had a gutful of it. 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 114:
   • 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.” 2002, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Lady of the Sorrows, page 199:
   • I've had a gutful of politics lately.
   • 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.[…]’ 2008, Denise Scott, All That Happened at Number 26, page 141:

Forms

Translations (4)

cmn 一大口 (as much as a gut will hold) · cmn 感到厭煩透了 /感到厌烦透了 (as much as one is willing to hear or experience) · fi suolellinen (as much as a gut will hold) · fi kylliksi (as much as one is willing to hear or experience)