gutsy
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adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous
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William Elkins, Logan Pinon and Avery Moorefield all had singles, while James Lee and Pinon had gutsy performances on the mound. — Anthony Ciardelli, latimes.com, "Huntington West Orioles blank Costa Mesa American Angels," 8 June 2019 Guy and Jerome took care of that with Guy making a gutsy recovery after going down in pain with the ankle injury late in the first half. — Gary B. Graves, The Seattle Times, "Virginia shakes off Purdue 80-75 in OT to win South Region," 31 Mar. 2019 Their kitchen garden provides produce for a daily changing menu of gutsy British and Mediterranean cooking. — Jay Cheshes, WSJ, "Where to Find London’s Premium Pies," 23 Jan. 2019 Graham-Felsen lets boys be boys: messy-brained, impulsive, goatish, self-centered, outwardly gutsy but often inwardly terrified. — Jonathan Miles, New York Times, "Bridging the Racial Divide in a Middle School Friendship," 15 Jan. 2018 Newsletter Sign-up For the Rams, the win validates gutsy decision making that was on display Sunday but stretches back two years. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "Rams Rally to Claim Super Bowl Spot," 20 Jan. 2019 This was Barca, not always at their mesmerising best, but gutsy and, in the league at least, unbeatable. — Thomas Allnutt, chicagotribune.com, "Barça hold on for draw against Real - five things we learned," 7 May 2018 Placing a country’s ICBM force on the road is a gutsy decision. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "New Video Shows Russia's Mobile ICBMs Tackling the Snow," 17 Dec. 2018 Instead, Eovaldi delivered a remarkable outing, throwing six gutsy innings of relief before surrendering the homer to Muncy. — Jared Diamond, WSJ, "Dodgers Beat Red Sox, Eventually, in Longest-Ever World Series Game," 27 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gutsy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of gutsy was circa 1893
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