gutful dial. and slang.
(ˈgʌtfʊl)
Also gutsful.
[f. gut n. + -ful.]
= belly-ful.
| 1900 Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 768/1 He's hungry when he's got a gutful (he is very stingy). 1932 N. Lindsay Cautious Amorist xvi. 226 Let me have some fun out of you to prove it's not a gutsful of grunts you are. 1960 I. Cross Backward Sex vi. 118 I've just had a gutful, and want to have hell scared out of her. 1965 M. Shadbolt Among Cinders ii. 13 He said he'd had a gutsful of the bush when he was younger. 1970 Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 15 May 7/2 Lately, we have had a ‘gutful’ of the permissiveness that seems to tolerate violence against the police. |