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bloke, buddy, cable, chain, chap, cord, dowdy, effigy, fellow, fright, guide, kid

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guy

1 [gahy]

noun, verb, guyed, guy⋅ing.

–noun

1.	Informal. a man or boy; fellow: He's a nice guy.

2.	Usually, guys. Informal. persons of either sex; people: Could one of you guys help me with this?

3.	Chiefly British Slang. a grotesquely dressed person.

4.	(often initial capital letter) British. a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes that is paraded through the streets and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to jeer at or make fun of; ridicule.

—Idiom

6.	give the guy to, British Slang. to escape from (someone); give (someone) the slip.

Origin:
1800–10; after Guy Fawkes

Language Translation for : Guy

Spanish:

tipo, tío, individuo,

German:

der Bursche,

Japanese:

やつ

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guy

2 [gahy]

noun, verb, guyed, guy⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.

Origin:
1300–50; ME gye < OF guie a guide, deriv. of guier to guide

Guy

[gahy; Fr. gee]

–noun

a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “woods.”

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guy¹   (gī) Pronunciation Key
n.   A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.
tr.v.   guyed, guy·ing, guys
To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.

[Partly from Middle English gie, guide, guy (from Old French guie, from guier, to guide; see weid- in Indo-European roots) and partly from Low German; akin to Dutch gei, brail.]

guy² (gī) Pronunciation Key
n.

Informal A man; a fellow.
guys Informal Persons of either sex.
Chiefly British A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
often Guy An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

tr.v. guyed, guy·ing, guys
To hold up to ridicule; mock.

[After Guy Fawkes.]

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guy (1)

"rope, chain, wire," c.1350, "leader," from O.Fr. guie "a guide," from guier (see guide); or from a similar word in North Sea Gmc. The "rope" sense is nautical, first recorded 1623.

guy (2)

"fellow," 1847, originally Amer.Eng.; earlier (1836) "grotesquely or poorly dressed person," originally (1806) "effigy of Guy Fawkes," leader of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up British king and Parliament (Nov. 5, 1605), paraded through the streets by children on the anniversary of the conspiracy. The male proper name is from Fr., related to It. Guido, lit. "leader," of Gmc. origin (see guide).

guy
noun
1.	an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
2.	an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
3.	a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
verb
1.	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" [syn: ridicule]
2.	steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

Guy

Guy\, n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.] 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

Guy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady or guide with a guy.

Guy

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. --W. S. Gilbert.

2. A person of queer looks or dress. --Dickens.

Guy

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

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