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guy
1[ gahy ]
noun
- Informal. a man or boy; fellow:
He's a nice guy.
- none guys, Informal. people, regardless of their gender:
Could one of you guys help me with this?
- Chiefly British Slang. a grotesquely dressed person.
- Often Guy. British. a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes that is paraded through the streets and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.
verb (used with object)
- to jeer at or make fun of; ridicule.
guy
2[ gahy ]
noun
- a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position.
verb (used with object)
- to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.
Guy
3[ gahy; French gee ]
noun
- a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “woods.”
Guy
1/ ɡɪ /
noun
- GuyBuddy1936MUSMUSIC: blues singerMUSIC: guitarist Buddy, real name George Guy. born 1936, US blues singer and guitarist
GUY
2abbreviation for
- Guyana (international car registration)
guy
3/ ɡɪ /
noun
- informal.a man or youth
- a crude effigy of Guy Fawkes, usually made of old clothes stuffed with straw or rags, that is burnt on top of a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
- a person in shabby or ludicrously odd clothes
- informal.plural persons of either sex
verb
- tr to make fun of; ridicule
guy
4/ ɡɪ /
noun
- a rope, chain, wire, etc, for anchoring an object, such as a radio mast, in position or for steadying or guiding it while being hoisted or lowered
verb
- tr to anchor, steady, or guide with a guy or guys
Word History and Origins
Origin of guy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of guy1
Origin of guy2
Idioms and Phrases
- give the guy to, British Slang. to escape from (someone); give (someone) the slip.
Example Sentences
“You mean, you couldn’t kiss a guy on screen in a movie?”
After she presented her idea, the guy sitting beside her rephrased and took credit for what she said.
Challenged by World at One presenter Helen Montague over whether his own behaviour had been militant, Vine said he was "just a safety first kind of a guy".
Thought about it in Vegas once — was with all my guys at a golf tournament.
That Russia is really the good guy in all of this?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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