ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gutful

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gutful is a noun meaning (informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.

Meaning

(informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.

More Meanings

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) As much as one is willing to hear or experience; as much as or more than one can bear; too much; a surfeit.

Example Sentences

He drank a gutful of beer.
I've had a gutful of politics lately.
Several gutfuls of alcoholic laughter-breath rolled around the room.
Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd.

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Related dictionary entries include gutsful, stomachful, gobletful, canful, pouchful, chestful.

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