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Definition of 'Guy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) guy
a man or boy; fellow.

2.  guy
Usually,
Do you guys want to go out tonight?

3.  guy
(often cap.) an effigy of Guy Fawkes burned in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day.

4.  guy
Chiefly Brit. Slang. a grotesque person.

5. (v.t.) guy
to ridicule.

6. (n.) guy
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.

7. (v.t.) guy
to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME gye < OF guie a guide, der. of guier to guide)

Definition of 'Guy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) guy, cat, hombre, bozo
an informal term for a youth or man
"a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"

2. (noun) Guy
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

3. (verb) guy, guy cable, guy wire, guy rope
a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

4. (verb) ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
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"

5. (verb) guy
steady or support with a guy wire or cable
"The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

Definition of 'Guy'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) guy
a man
What a great guy!

2. guy
guys
a group of people
Hi guys! How's it going?

Definition of 'Guy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Guy
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

2. (noun) Guy
a grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot

3. (noun) Guy
a person of queer looks or dress

4. (verb) Guy
to steady or guide with a guy

5. (verb) Guy
to fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule

Translation of 'Guy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a man I don't know the guy you're talking about.
Afrikaans: man, gek, swaap	Arabic: شَخْص	Bulgarian: човек
Brazilian: sujeito	Czech: chlápek	German: der Bursche
Danish: fyr	Greek: άνθρωπος, τύπος	Spanish: tipo, tío, individuo
Estonian: mees, poiss	Farsi: مرد	Finnish: kundi
French: type	Hebrew: אִיש	Hindi: पुरूष
Croatian: čovjek	Hungarian: pasas, fickó, ürge	Indonesian: orang laki-laki
Icelandic: náungi	Italian: tipo	Japanese: やつ
Korean: 남자, 놈	Lithuanian: vyras, vaikinas	Latvian: puisis;čalis
Malay: lelaki	Dutch: kerel, gozer	Norwegian: fyr, kar
Polish: facet	Persian: مرد	Pashto: نرینه
Portuguese: sujeito	Romanian: tip, individ, bărbat	Russian: парень
Slovak: chlapík	Slovenian: tip	Serbian: čovek
Swedish: man, karl, kille	Thai: ผู้ชาย	Turkish: adam, herif, kişi
Taiwanese: 傢伙	Ukrainian: хлопець, парубок	Urdu: کوئی فرد
Vietnamese: anh chàng; gã	Chinese: 家伙
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