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Guy   /gaɪ/   Listen
noun
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  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."
2.
Hence: A person of queer looks or dress. (Chiefly Brit. slang)
3.
A man or young man; a fellow; usually contrasted with gals or girls as, it was fun for both the guys and gals; the guys were watching football while the girls played bridge. (Informal)
4.
A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; usually used in the pl.; as, tell the guys to come inside; are any of you guys interested in a game of tennis?. (Informal)
great guy a man who has a very pleasant personality, typically one who is friendly, generous, and pleasant to associate with.



verb
guy  v. t.  (past & past part. guyed; pres. part. guying)  To steady or guide with a guy.



Guy  v. t.  To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. (Local & Collog U.S.)






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"Guy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mr. Guy Hallam was a lawyer about thirty years old; but Tom had the natural boy's feeling about "mistering" any one, that he had gone on fishing excursions with, ever since he could remember; while Gypsy was ...
— Gypsy Breynton • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

... series of fictitious narratives, intended to illustrate the manners of Scotland at three different periods. Waverley embraced the age of our fathers, Guy Mannering that of our own youth, and the Antiquary refers to the last ten years of the eighteenth century. I have, in the two last narratives especially, sought my principal personages in the class of society who ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

... could have taken the shock of the traveller's personality in just the way he did. The smile froze on his face, his eyes beamed, and his stiff, red hair seemed bristling with welcome. "Advance agent of a circus," he thought; "sort of advertising guy." ...
— The Place Beyond the Winds • Harriet T. Comstock

... N. vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction &c 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium^; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser^, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string &c (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... fearing that Sir Guy Carleton, who was governor of Canada, would invade New York by way of Lake Champlain, sent two expeditions against him. One, under Richard Montgomery, went down Lake Champlain, and captured Montreal. Another, under Benedict Arnold, ...
— A School History of the United States • John Bach McMaster


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