gore
noun/ɡɔː(r)/
/ɡɔːr/
[uncountable]- thick blood that has flowed from a wound, especially in a violent situation
- The movie is not just blood and gore (= scenes of violence); it has a thrilling story.
Word Originnoun Old English gor ‘dung, dirt’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goor, Swedish gorr ‘muck, filth’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th cent.
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