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guy1
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noun
1informal A man.
- ‘he's a nice guy’
- ‘He becomes two men, a nice guy by day and a ruthless killer by night, living in both high society and the gutter while wooing two women.’
- ‘The trophy couldn't have gone to a nicer guy, whose enthusiasm hasn't waned despite his advancing years.’
- ‘He's a nice guy, a regular Joe who thinks that he's fighting the good fight.’
- ‘I want you to meet my friend from Stockholm, he's great guy.’
- ‘He claims they don't have the courage to go after the really tough guys they need to do battle with.’
- ‘With a roster of tough guys who have some scoring touch, you should have a good team to compete.’
- ‘He's a great guy, a phenomenal player, and he's energized us.’
- ‘Recently I had a 4 month long relationship with a great guy.’
- ‘Here was a friend, just a regular guy who liked a drink, was a hit with the girls, and had a successful business.’
- ‘I'm a smart guy who has been using technology all my life, so I can follow along pretty well.’
- ‘Brendan can be such a smart guy, reading between the lines and all.’
- ‘It's like he refuses to grow up, but he really is a smart guy.’
- ‘A band of young guys arrived to take a picture of the cafe.’
- ‘While the young guys wanted a strike, the older ones opposed it, and I hated conflict.’
- ‘He's a gruff, funny guy who knows exactly how to deliver the hokey, disjointed dialogue.’
- ‘He is a charmer and a funny guy and he is not shy about expressing his feelings.’
- ‘I met a guy who was doing production work on the set..’
- ‘These pictures are supposed to make you want to hire this guy to do design work or printing for you.’
- ‘I've never liked the guy.’
- ‘Sure this movie is three years old, but it feels like I haven't seen this guy for a half a millennium.’
man, fellow, gentlemanView synonyms- 1.1guysPeople of either sex.
- ‘you guys want some coffee?’
- ‘Moments later, he realized, those guys are not going to make it out of this.’
- ‘If you listen and you read his book about soft power, it is ridiculed by these guys.’
- ‘When will these guys realize that he has never fought a campaign where he has had to appeal to the middle?’
- ‘That way their hinders are covered if they don't manage to stop the bad guys in time.’
- ‘The idea is, guys who appear to be winning don't get that kind of advice.’
- ‘These guys have to learn to stop their bellyaching, and trust the American public.’
- ‘So, the idea is to break this connection, and let guys like this move on.’
- ‘They shot back in Vietnam for twelve years, until we finally got sick of the whole mess and let the bad guys take over.’
- ‘Of course guys from an oil company are going to ridicule that, as they already have.’
- ‘These guys have been playing together their whole lives, and it shows in their musical ability.’
- ‘I work with a bunch of peculiar, eccentric guys who have a lot of really strange ideas.’
- ‘If you have not yet seen these guys live, it will give you an idea of how incredible they are on stage.’
- ‘We must be able to look in the mirror and realize that indeed we are the good guys here.’
- ‘But basically, there is this idea that you guys are out doing your job and you're there to help them.’
- ‘Lead by James, this band of brothers will do anything to put a stop to these bad guys - even if it means going to war!’
- ‘If you're an amateur musician, when you play with those guys, you realize you're an amateur.’
- ‘It is then that I realize that the other guys are walking out of the hotel; damn I am really out of it today!’
- ‘Everyone agreed this was a good idea, even the guys in the air department.’
- ‘Nobody can stop the bad guys of the world getting guns.’
- ‘In short, you know these guys rock, so stop mucking about and go buy.’
2British A figure representing Guy Fawkes, burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes' Night, and often displayed by children begging for money for fireworks.
effigy of Guy FawkesView synonyms
transitive verb
[with object]Make fun of; ridicule.
‘he didn't realize I was guying the whole idea’- ‘The film subtly guys the whole genre, with the Inspector frequently proved wrong and even partly responsible for the last death.’
- ‘Why, you're guying me, you little wretch!’
ridicule, make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, make a joke of, mock, sneer at, jibe at, jeer at, deride, scorn, scoff atView synonyms
Origin
Early 19th century (in guy (sense 2 of the noun)): named after Guy Fawkes (see Gunpowder Plot).
guy2
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noun
A rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure.
‘The candid, skittish drums and guitar spirals of the powerful ‘Overleaf’ are tethered to the guy rope of acoustic strum and would seem hindered were the guitar foundations linear rather than textural.’- ‘There were big deals just beyond me, zooming in then out then in again in a mad giddy rush while I let a guy rope down from the scaffolding I'd constructed as a kind of house.’
- ‘I suppose I could put a guy rope on him but why should I?’
- ‘A guy rope had come loose and it was at the mercy of the wind.’
- ‘Matthews held the guy rope and gave him some play as he walked down the ships side to the final hole.’
- ‘For a few seconds I eyed the guy rope: it'd be so easy to cut it, float away over another world.’
- ‘The weakest point in this guy rope setup is the cam on the ascender.’
- ‘We covered up the skidoos with their nylon covers and secured them by anchoring them with tent pegs and guy ropes.’
- ‘Tyson suddenly got angry and stood up quickly, tackling the unknown guy to the ground.’
- ‘Judges are looking for taught guy ropes and all tent pegs where they should be, otherwise time penalties are imposed.’
transitive verb
[with object]Secure with a line or lines.
‘it was set on concrete footings and guyed with steel cable’- ‘Proper guying of the vertical should also be thought-out as it is more difficult to find good guying anchor points.’
- ‘Each mast was lifted and guyed with the two permanent backstays and two temporary forestays.’
Origin
Late Middle English probably of Low German origin; related to Dutch gei ‘brail’ and German Geitaue ‘brails’.
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