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Guy

Guy Meaning & Definition
Guy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Guy?

[n] a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
[n] (British) an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
[n] an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
[v] steady with a guy
[v] subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Guy: blackguard | bozo | cat | guy cable | guy rope | hombre | jest at | laugh at | make fun | poke fun | rib | ridicule

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | adult male | bemock | brace | brace | bracing | collapsible shelter | debunk | effigy | expose | image | lampoon | man | mock | satirise | satirize | simulacrum | sod | stabilise | stabilize | steady | stultify | tent

Guy In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Guy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guying}.] To steady or guide with a 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\, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]

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