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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
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Origin of guy1
yvlog 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
“I’m going to be the comedy guy in the action movie, with an action star — and he does all the action stuff,” Devine said.
In a smart detail, Mendelsohn’s unnamed racist shoots the other white guy in the store a complicit wink.
Now, as he described it, he’s an “ideas guy” within the B45 operation, using his knowledge of getting hitters out over a 10-year MLB career to innovate improvements to what they swing at the plate.
She assured viewers, "There's no way it can fail," because "you're not trying to go head-to-head with each other. There's God in the middle, who works it all out for you guys."
“The short answer is speech, even the vulgar and disgusting speech that this guy is using, is protected by our Constitution,” he said.
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