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gurt¹

  • /ˈɡɜːt/ UK
  • /ˈɡɝːt/ UK, West Country
  • /ˈɡɜːɹt/ US

Sounds like girt, gert · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)

noun gurts

  1. A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

gurt²

  • /ˈɡɜːt/ UK
  • /ˈɡɝːt/ UK, West Country
  • /ˈɡɜːɹt/ US

Sounds like girt, gert · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

Where it comes from

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

adjective gert · girt

  1. UK, West Country, dialectal, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of great Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.

GURT³

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of Genetic use restriction technology, a generic term for proposed methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants by activating modified genes only by certain stimuli, particularly to ensure the sterility of any seeds.

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@misc{gurt_2026,
  title = {gurt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gurt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}