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guy

UK/ɡaɪ/ US/ɡaɪ/ very common informal uk
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

an informal term for a youth or man

  • “a nice guy”
  • “the guy”
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2.

an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

3.

a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

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verb

1.

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”
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2.

steady or support with with a guy wire or cable

  • “The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing”

Origin

From Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz; see for example modern German Witold and Old Saxon Widukind.

Phrases

  • as the next guy
  • bad guy
  • big guy
  • bug guy
  • cable guy
  • cis guy
  • divorced guy energy
  • don't be that guy
  • Guy and Pip
  • guy rope
  • guy wire

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