noun (used with a plural verb)
- the internal parts of the body; entrails or viscera.
- the internal mechanism, parts, structure, etc., of something; the interior of something: an engine’s innards.
pl n informal
- the internal organs of the body, esp the viscera
- the interior parts or components of anything, esp the working parts
1825, innerds, dialectal variant of inwards “the bowels” (c.1300); see inward.