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Noun: guy  gI
  1. An informal term for a youth or man
    "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
    - cat, hombre, bozo [N. Amer]
     
  2. A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
    - guy cable, guy wire, guy rope, guyline
Verb: guy  gI
  1. Subject to laughter or ridicule
    - ridicule, roast, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
     
  2. Steady or support with a guy wire or cable
    "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
Noun: Guy  gI
Usage: UK
  1. An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

Derived forms: Guys, guys, guyed, guying

Type of: adult male, bemock, brace, bracing, effigy, image, man, mock, simulacrum, stabilise [Brit], stabilize, steady

Part of: collapsible shelter, tent

Encyclopedia: Guy, Arkansas Guy, Bishop of Amiens Guy, Count of Flanders Guy Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester Carleton Guy, AR Guy, Count of Ponthieu Guy, Holy Roman Emperor Guy, Indiana Guy, Texas Guy, Duke of Amalfi Guy, Duke of Brittany Guy, Duke of Sorrento