Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The internal organs, especially the intestines; viscera.
- noun plural Internal parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- The internal parts of animal bodies; the viscera; the bowels; the guts: seldom used in the singular.
- Hence The internal parts of anything.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
- noun plural The internal parts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Plural form of
entrail . - noun uncountable The internal organs of an
animal , especially theintestines .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The phenomenon has definitely grown beyond the core audience of teenage girls, but there are still those who prefer to see their blood-suckers swimming in entrails and terrorizing and unknowing public.
After ‘New Moon,’ What’s Next For Vampires? » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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The world will not be fit to live in until the last polition is hung with the entrails from the last preacher, rabbi, and amam! heynow
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Then he looks at the liver of a sheep, but reading entrails is as old as campfires and rocks so that's not a big surprise.
Cross Pollination and Wiscon: brace yourself for rambling 2006
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Offal is described as the "entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal," which tend to be less common meat cuts and pieces.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Therefore, as long as the will of the voters on the day of the election can be known (quite simply by counting their votes - not "entrails") then the results should stand - even If the margin of victory be narrow.
With Recount Complete And More Ballots Counted, Franken's Lead Appears To Be Insurmountable 2009
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SnarkyPlatypus Not everything that's longer than it is wide is "entrails".
Stilgherrian 2009
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Rain and Harris 'performances pick up the pieces (read "entrails"), if only to convince the audience that they're not watching a video game.
dailytarheel.com - Serving the University community since 1893 2009
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Halloween candy, the smell of candles burning inside of freshly carved jack-o-lanterns, and the rotting entrails of several people who were unlucky enough to start playing one hell of a game.
SAW VI | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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His real name is unpronounceable, androughly translates as “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it.”
Hero/Villain of the Week! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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entrails of the day 2009
kewpid commented on the word entrails
“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
— Denis Diderot
October 30, 2007
skipvia commented on the word entrails
Amen...
November 1, 2007