EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN | IDIOMS noun Informal a man or boy; fellow: He's a nice guy.
Usually guys. Informal persons of either sex; people: Could one of you guys help me with this?
Chiefly British Slang a grotesquely dressed person.
(often initial capital letter ) British a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes that is paraded through the streets and burned on Guy Fawkes Day . verb (used with object), guyed, guy·ing. to jeer at or make fun of; ridicule.
Idioms give the guy to , British Slang to escape from (someone); give (someone) the slip.
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Origin of guy 1 First recorded in 1800–10; after Guy Fawkes
Can be confused guise guys 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.
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verb (used with object), guyed, guy·ing. to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.
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Origin of guy 2 1300–50; Middle English gye <
Old French guie a guide, derivative of
guier to
guide noun a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “woods.”
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Related Words for guy boy ,
buddy ,
gentleman ,
dude ,
brother ,
fellow ,
person ,
individual ,
male ,
bloke ,
chum ,
cat ,
chap ,
bird ,
bud ,
feller Examples from the Web for guy Contemporary Examples of guy And we have a lot of great guests this season: Greta Gerwig, Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi is back—I love that guy .
“We saw his background and he was a Bronx guy and we started breaking the case,” Boyce says.
You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
Historical Examples of guy So's the other one—the guy as has got the mun; he's got a bank full of it.
To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.
It is Guy of Gisbourne, and thou mayst have heard it before.
This was carried by my fourth son on the fifth of November, when he was a Guy Fawkes.'
And Guy stood sobered—sobered not at going to the war, but at leaving her.
British Dictionary definitions for guy noun informal a man or youth
British 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
British a person in shabby or ludicrously odd clothes
(plural) informal persons of either sex
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verb (tr) to make fun of; ridicule
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Word Origin for guy C19: short for Guy Fawkes
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
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verb (tr) to anchor, steady, or guide with a guy or guys
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Word Origin for guy C14: probably from Low German; compare Dutch gei brail, geiblok pulley, Old French guie guide, from guier to guide
noun Buddy, real name George Guy. born 1936, US blues singer and guitarist
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abbreviation for Guyana (international car registration)
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Word Origin and History for guy n.1 "rope, chain, wire," mid-14c., "leader," from Old French guie "a guide," from guier (see guide (v.)); or from a similar word in North Sea Germanic. The "rope" sense is nautical, first recorded 1620s.
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n.2 "fellow," 1847, originally American English; earlier (1836) "grotesquely or poorly dressed person," originally (1806) "effigy of Guy Fawkes," leader of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up British king and Parliament (Nov. 5, 1605), paraded through the streets by children on the anniversary of the conspiracy. The male proper name is from French, related to Italian Guido .
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