Guy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. MAN
  • v. To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.
  • n. Informal A man; a fellow.
  • n. Informal Persons of either sex.
  • n. Chiefly British A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
  • n. An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.
  • v. To hold up to ridicule; mock.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A guide; a leader or conductor.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To equip with a support cable.
  • n. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
  • n. A male
  • n. people
  • n. thing, creature
  • n. thing, unit
  • n. Buster, Mack, fella
  • v. To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
  • v. To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • v. To steady or guide with a 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.
  • n. A person of queer looks or dress.
  • n. A man or young man; a fellow; -- usually contrasted with gals or girls .
  • n. A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; -- usually used in the pl..
  • v. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To guide.
  • In nautical and mechanical use, to keep in place, steady, or direct by means of a guy.
  • n. A rope or other appliance used to steady something.
  • n. A grotesque effigy intended to represent Guy Fawkes, the chief conspirator in the gunpowder plot.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an informal term for a youth or man
  • v. subject to laughter or ridicule
  • v. steady or support with a guy wire or cable
  • n. an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
  • n. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
  • Antonym
    gals    girls    l    en    gal   
    Verb Form
    guyed    guying    guys   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    brace    stabilise    stabilize    steady    simulacrum    image    effigy    bracing   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    guyed    guying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fellow    fool    baffle    eccentric    ridicule    support   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
    Unknown
    Movies & Film    Humor    LGBTQ   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    kid    boy    fellow    cop    officer    someone    player    one    friend    folk