innards

Alteration of inwards.

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innards

1. plural of innard

innards pl (plural only)

1. The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
   • 1970, “Walpurgis (older version of War Pigs)”, in Geezer Butler (lyrics), Paranoid, performed by Black Sabbath:

     It's the place for all black sinners. / Watch them eating dead rat's innards.

2. (figurative) The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.

   He took the cover off his computer and looked at the innards.

• This word is most frequently used in the plural or collective sense, as above.