guy

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guy1 / / • n. 1. inf. a man: he's a nice guy. ∎  (guys) people of either sex: you guys want some coffee?2. Brit. a figure representing Guy Fawkes, burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes' Night, and often displayed by children begging for money for fireworks.• v. [tr.] make fun of; ridicule: he didn't realize I was guying the whole idea.guy2 • n. a rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure.• v. [tr.] secure with a line or lines: it was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable.

guy

views updated May 14 2018

guy a figure representing Guy Fawkes, burnt on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes' Night, and often displayed by children begging for money for fireworks.

The original guys were figures paraded about in the streets on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.
Guy Fawkes Night another name for Bonfire Night.

GUY

views updated May 23 2018

GUY international vehicle registration for Guyana

guy

views updated May 14 2018

guy1 (naut.) rope, chain, etc., used to steady a thing. First in guy-rope (girap XIV. gyerope XV), prob. of LG. orig.; cf. Du. gei brail.

guy

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guy2 effigy of Guy Fawkes; grotesque person, ‘fright’; (U.S.) man. XIX.
Hence guy vb. (U.S.) ridicule. XIX.

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