GUY - 20 definitions found
guy n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo] 2: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day 3: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) [syn: guy, guy cable, guy wire, guy rope] v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun] 2: steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing" guy yug guy ̈ɪɡaɪ See: REGULAR GUY, WISE GUY. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) guy I. noun Etymology: probably from Dutch gei brail Date: 1623 a rope, chain, rod, or wire attached to something as a brace or guide — called also guyline II. transitive verb Date: 1712 to steady or reinforce with a guy III. noun Etymology: Guy Fawkes Date: 1806 1. often capitalized a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes traditionally displayed and burned in England on Guy Fawkes Day 2. chiefly British a person of grotesque appearance 3. a. man, fellow b. person — used in plural to refer to the members of a group regardless of sex <saw her and the rest of the guys> 4. individual, creature <the other dogs pale in companion to this little guy> IV. transitive verb Date: 1854 to make fun of ; ridicule Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary guy (guys) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A guy is a man. (INFORMAL) I was working with a guy from Manchester. N-COUNT see also wise guy 2. Americans sometimes address a group of people, whether they are male or female, as guys or you guys. (INFORMAL) Hi, guys. How are you doing?... Mom wants to know if you guys still have that two-person tent. N-VOC; N-PLURAL: you N 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue GUY A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn. Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary GUY Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary guy Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guy \Guy\, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guy \Guy\, n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.] A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guy \Guy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady or guide with a guy. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Guy \Guy\, n. 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. The lady . . . who dresses like a guy. --W. S. Gilbert. 2. A person of queer looks or dress. --Dickens. GUY Guy, AR (town, FIPS 29230) Location: 35.32450 N, 92.33478 W Population (1990): 241 (90 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72061 Guy, TX Zip code(s): 77444 Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms guy n. 1. Stay, shore. 2. Fright, dowdy, scarecrow. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) guy ̈ɪɡaɪ n. 1 man, lad, youth, boy, fellow, person, Colloq chap, geezer, Brit bloke, Slang gink, cat, customer, US dude, Old-fashioned gazabo or gazebo: Clarence is a pretty nice guy. --v. 2 mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, satirize, poke fun at, lampoon, Colloq rib, take off, Brit send up: We put on a show at school in which we guyed the teachers. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 118 Moby Thesaurus words for "guy": Adamite, advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bastard, bearer, being, bird, bloke, body, boy, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buck, bugger, buttress, cane, caricature, carrier, cat, cervix, chap, character, corset, creature, crook, crutch, customer, duck, dude, earthling, feller, fellow, foundation garment, fulcrum, gazebo, gee, geezer, gent, gentleman, girdle, groundling, guywire, hand, he, head, homo, human, human being, individual, jasper, jock, jockstrap, joker, lad, lampoon, life, living soul, mainstay, maintainer, make fun of, man, mast, mock, mortal, neck, nose, one, party, person, personage, personality, poke fun at, prop, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rib, ridicule, rigging, satirize, send up, shoulder, shroud, single, somebody, someone, soul, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener, stud, support, supporter, sustainer, take off, tellurian, terran, upholder, walking stick, worldling, youth |
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