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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



... Court, which he had then crowded with all manner of fine people, he had seen—the very first morning after his arrival—seen from the large window of his state saloon, a great staring white, red, blue, and gilt thing, at the end of the stately avenue planted by Sir Guy Maltravers in honour of the victory over the Spanish armada. He looked in mute surprise, and everybody else looked; and a polite German count, gazing through his eye-glass, said, "Ah! dat is vat you call a vim in your pays,—the vim ...
— Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... Worcester, not only to see the cathedral, but to have the potteries exhibited to her. There was a great deal for the ingenuous mind of a royal pupil to see, learn, and enjoy in Worcester and Warwickshire—for she was also at Guy's Cliff and Kenilworth. ...
— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1. • Sarah Tytler

... Guy Tabary were huddled together over a scrap of parchment; Villon making a ballade which he was to call the Ballade of Roast Fish, and Tabary spluttering admiration at his shoulder. The poet was a rag of a man, dark, little, and ...
— The Great English Short-Story Writers, Vol. 1 • Various

... be after thinking that I would consent to lave you, and the dear young lady and Master Guy, with no one at all at all to take care of them," answered Tim. "It's myself would be miserable entirely, if I did that same. It isn't the wages I'd be after asking, for to make your honour doubt about the matter. The pleasure of serving you in the days of trouble ...
— The Wanderers - Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco • W.H.G. Kingston

... in very deed; and yet is she thus unbuxom. Listen, and you shall hear the inwards thereof. In the year of our Lord 1341 died Duke John of Brittany, that was called the Good, and left no child. Two brothers had he—Sir Guy, that was his brother both of father and mother, and Sir John, of the father only, that was called Count de Montfort. Sir Guy was then dead, but had left behind him a daughter, the Lady Joan, that man called Joan the Halting, by reason she was lame of one leg. ...
— The White Lady of Hazelwood - A Tale of the Fourteenth Century • Emily Sarah Holt


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