dare vs gut

dare

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

gut

verb
  • To dishearten; to crush (the spirits of). 

  • To eviscerate. 

  • To remove or destroy the most important parts of. 

adj
  • Instinctive. 

  • Made of gut. 

noun
  • A narrow passage of water. 

  • A class that is not demanding or challenging. 

  • The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. 

  • The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc. 

  • The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged 

  • A person's emotional, visceral self. 

  • The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line. 

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