Guy

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  • noun. A man; a fellow.
  • noun. Persons of either sex.
  • noun. A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
  • noun. An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.
  • transitive verb. To hold up to ridicule; mock.
  • noun. A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.
  • transitive verb. To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rope or other appliance used to steady something.
  • To guide.
  • In nautical and mechanical use, to keep in place, steady, or direct by means of a guy.
  • noun. A grotesque effigy intended to represent Guy Fawkes, the chief conspirator in the gunpowder plot.
  • noun. Hence A person grotesque in dress, looks, or manners; a dowdy; a “fright.”
  • To treat as a guy; jeer at or make fun of; ridicule.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • transitive verb. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
  • transitive verb. To steady or guide with a guy.
  • noun. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
  • noun. A person of queer looks or dress.
  • noun. A man or young man; a fellow; -- usually contrasted with gals or girls .
  • noun. A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; -- usually used in the pl..
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A guide; a leader or conductor.
  • noun. A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. Also a support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away, e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge.
  • verb. To equip with a support cable.
  • noun. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
  • noun. A male
  • noun. people
  • noun. thing, creature
  • noun. thing, unit
  • noun. Buster, Mack, fella
  • verb. To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
  • verb. To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an informal term for a youth or man
  • verb. subject to laughter or ridicule
  • verb. steady or support with a guy wire or cable
  • noun. an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
  • noun. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
  • Word Usage
    "Too bad there was this AHS guy and this other really pro Indian guy…"
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    en  gal  gals  girls  l  
    Form
    guyed  guying  
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brace  bracing  effigy  image  simulacrum  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai  Alai  Ally  Bi  Bligh  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    boy  cop  dog  fellow  folk  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    guyed  guying  guys