gutshot adjective 3noun 3forms 1 adjective3 •Shot in the gut.He never got used to the sight of elk with broken hips, missing legs and hooves, damaged backs, and gutshot skeletons that trailed in for the security and protection of his ranch. — 2008 •Extremely dismayed or distressed.Patterson grins a grin that he means to be rakish, but he's pretty sure it just comes off as gutshot. — 2014 •Alternative form of gut-shot. noun3 •A shot in the gut.A 22-year-old soldier with thoracic gutshot injury and subsequent right-sided pneumonectomy and partial left-sided lung resection went into critical respiratory failure. — 2011 •(slang) A poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight; A gut-shot straight. •Alternative form of gut-shot. formsgutshots
