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BLOOD-AND-GUTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood-and-guts mean? 

BLOOD-AND-GUTS (adjective)
  The adjective BLOOD-AND-GUTS has 1 sense:

1. marked by great zeal or violenceplay

  Familiarity information: BLOOD-AND-GUTS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOOD-AND-GUTS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by great zeal or violence

Context example:

blood-and-guts football

Similar:

intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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