Definition of guy Guy
/gajˈ/ - [gay] - Guy
We found 32 definitions of guy from 10 different sources.
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What does guy mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: guys |
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| guy - a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) | ||
| guy cable, guy wire, guy rope | ||
| bracing, brace a structural member used to stiffen a framework | ||
| collapsible shelter, tent a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek" | ||
| guy - an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day | ||
| effigy, simulacrum, image a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" | ||
| guy - an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" | ||
| cat, hombre, bozo | ||
| adult male, man game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage" | ||
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| guy - steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing" | ||
| steady, stabilise, stabilize, brace make steady; "steady yourself" | ||
| guy - 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" | ||
| ridicule, roast, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun | ||
| bemock, mock treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" | ||
| tease ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | ||
| lampoon, satirise, satirize ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" | ||
| debunk, expose expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" | ||
| stultify cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- guy (Noun)
A guide; a leader or conductor. - guy (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. - guy (Noun)
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot 5th November. - guy (Noun)
A person of eccentric appearance or dress. - guy (Noun)
A male. - guy (Noun)
people. - guy (Noun)
thing, creature. - guy (Noun)
thing, unit. - guy (Noun)
Buster, Mack, fella. - guy (Verb)
To equip with a support cable. - guy (Verb)
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. - guy (Verb)
To make fun of , to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- guy (n.)
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.)
To steady or guide with a guy. - guy (n.)
A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. - guy (n.)
A person of queer looks or dress. - guy (v. t.)
To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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(especially in the plural) A person.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gī, n. (naut.) a rope to steady any suspended weight.—v.t. to keep in position by a guy. [Sp. guia, a guide.] -
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gī, n. an effigy of Guy Fawkes, dressed up grotesquely on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th Nov.): an odd figure
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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a rope used to steddy any weighty body whilst it is hoisting or lowering, particularly when the ship is shaken by a tempestuous sea. -
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is likewise a large slack rope, extending from the head of the main-mast to the head of the fore-mast, and having two or three large blocks fastened to the middle of it. This is chiefly employed to sustain the tackle used to hoist in and out the cargo of a merchant ship, and is accordingly removed from the mast-heads as soon as the vessel is laden or delivered. -
guy
line 1. read to keep steddy.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A rope used to steady a weighty body from swinging against the ship's side while it is hoisting or lowering, particularly when, there is a high sea. Also, a rope extended from the head of sheers, and made fast at a distance on each side to steady them. The jib-boom is supported by its guys. Also, the name of a tackle used to confine a boom forward, when a vessel is going large, and so prevent the sail from gybing, which would endanger the springing of the boom, or perhaps the upsetting of the vessel. Also, a large slack rope, extending from the head of the main-mast to the head of the fore-mast, and sustaining a temporary tackle to load or unload a ship with.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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A rope used to swing any weight, or to keep steady any heavy body, and prevent it from swinging, while being hoisted or lowered.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn.
