gut-shot adjective 2gut shot noun 2forms 2 adjective2 •Having been shot in the gut.For instance, one writer who discussed tracking gut-shot deer talked about a kidney hit and compared it to the liver and stomach wound. — 2001 •Extremely dismayed or distressed.She still felt gut-shot with guilt. — 2008 gut shot noun2 •A shot in the gut.If you're sure of a gut shot, the buck will usually be bedded within five hundred yards of where it was hit. — 1995 •(slang) A gut-shot straight.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. — 2014 formsgut shots · gut-shots
