gut shot

See also: gutshot and gut-shot

English

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Verb

gut shot

  1. simple past and past participle of gut shoot

Adjective

gut shot (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of gut-shot.
    • 1976, Pirate's Pantry: Treasured Recipes of Southwest Louisiana, →ISBN, page 86:
      The taste of clean killed, still hunted animals far exceeds that of either gut shot deer or those run by dogs.
    • 2012, Kristina Wright, Dangerous Curves, →ISBN:
      Jake felt that rat feeling again and the gut shot realization that he'd gotten Greg killed.

Noun

gut shot (plural gut shots)

  1. A shot in the gut.
    • 1995, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge, page 166:
      If you're sure of a gut shot, the buck will usually be bedded within five hundred yards of where it was hit.
    • 2006, Michigan Out-of-doors - Volume 60, page 14:
      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.
    • 2010, Joe Mckinney, Apocalypse of the Dead, →ISBN, page 83:
      He was groaning in agony from the gut shot, and it kept him from regaining his feet.
  2. (poker slang) A gut-shot straight.
    • 2014, V.T., Playing Online Texas Hold ‘Em:
      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.

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