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guy
noun
an
informal
word
for
a
male
person
,
especially
an
adult
man
.
•
A
friendly
guy
helped
me
carry
my
groceries
up
the
stairs
.
A
friendly
guy
helped
me
carry
my
groceries
up
the
stairs
.
•
Tom
is
the
guy
who
lives
next
door
and
loves
gardening
.
Tom
is
the
guy
who
lives
next
door
and
loves
gardening
.
Originated
in
early
19th-century
Britain
as
a
reference
to
the
ragged
effigies
of
Guy
Fawkes
burned
on
Bonfire
Night
;
over
time
it
broadened
to
mean
any
man
and
later
any
person
.
noun
used
in
informal
speech
to
refer
to
people
of
any
gender
,
especially
when
addressing
a
group
.
•
Hey
guys
,
dinner
is
ready
!
Hey
guys
,
dinner
is
ready
!
•
Thanks
for
coming
,
guys
;
I
hope
you
had
fun
.
Thanks
for
coming
,
guys
;
I
hope
you
had
fun
.
noun
a
strong
rope
,
cable
,
or
wire
used
to
steady
or
support
something
tall
,
such
as
a
tent
pole
or
mast
.
•
We
tightened
each
guy
to
keep
the
tent
upright
in
the
wind
.
We
tightened
each
guy
to
keep
the
tent
upright
in
the
wind
.
•
The
radio
tower
leaned
until
new
steel
guys
were
installed
.
The
radio
tower
leaned
until
new
steel
guys
were
installed
.
From
Old
French
"
guie
"
meaning
guide
or
lead
rope
;
first
recorded
in
English
in
the
1620s
in
nautical
contexts
.
noun
a
life-size
dummy
,
often
stuffed
with
straw
and
old
clothes
,
burned
on
Bonfire
Night
to
remember
Guy
Fawkes
.
•
The
children
proudly
carried
their
homemade
guy
to
the
village
green
.
The
children
proudly
carried
their
homemade
guy
to
the
village
green
.
•
Before
lighting
the
bonfire
,
they
placed
the
guy
on
top
.
Before
lighting
the
bonfire
,
they
placed
the
guy
on
top
.
Named
after
Guy
Fawkes
,
one
of
the
conspirators
in
the
failed
Gunpowder
Plot
of
1605
;
burning
his
effigy
became
part
of
the
Bonfire
Night
tradition
.
verb
to
fasten
or
steady
something
with
ropes
or
cables
.
•
Workers
guy
the
large
tree
so
it
wouldn't
topple
after
planting
.
Workers
guy
the
large
tree
so
it
wouldn't
topple
after
planting
.
•
Engineers
guyed
the
towering
antenna
at
three
points
.
Engineers
guyed
the
towering
antenna
at
three
points
.
verb
to
make
fun
of
someone
;
to
ridicule
.
•
The
cartoonist
guyed
the
politician
in
a
sharp
satire
.
The
cartoonist
guyed
the
politician
in
a
sharp
satire
.
•
She
hates
being
guyed
about
her
accent
.
She
hates
being
guyed
about
her
accent
.
Attested
from
the
mid-19th
century
,
extended
from
the
noun
sense
of
"
guy
"
meaning
a
grotesque
figure
;
to
"
guy
"
someone
was
to
treat
them
like
a
ridiculous
figure
.
