1
[ adjective ] marked by great zeal or violence

Examples

"real blood-and-guts fiction" "blood-and-guts football"

Related terms

colloquialism intense

2
[ adjective ] (informal) "real blood-and-guts self-criticism"

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

Brevet_Major_General_George_Armstrong_Custer was the regiment 's first permanent commander and , like such generals as George_S._Patton and Terry_de_la_Mesa_Allen in their rise to military prominence , Custer was a believer in blood_and_guts warfare .

Related terms

intense

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