GUY
\ɡˈa͡ɪ], \ɡˈaɪ], \ɡ_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of GUY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
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an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
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steady or support with with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To steady or guide with a guy.
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A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
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A person of queer looks or dress.
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To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To steady or guide with a guy.
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A person of queer looks or dress.
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To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
By Noah Webster.
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A rope, chain, etc., to swing and keep steady a heavy body; coiloquially, a person of queer looks or dress.
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To steady or guide with a rope or chain; colloquially, to ridicule.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald