Associations to the word «Guy»

GUY, noun. (obsolete and rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.

GUY, noun. (primarily nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. Also a support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away, e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge.

GUY, verb. To equip with a support cable.

GUY, noun. (British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

GUY, noun. (archaic) A person of eccentric appearance or dress.

GUY, noun. (colloquial) A male

GUY, noun. (colloquial) (in the plural) people

GUY, noun. (colloquial) (of animals and sometimes objects) thing, creature

GUY, noun. (colloquial) (technology) thing, unit

GUY, noun. (informal) (term of address) Buster, Mack, fella

GUY, verb. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.

GUY, verb. (transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

GUY, proper noun. A male given name.

GUY, noun. (British) An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night

GUY, proper noun. A male given name.

GUY, symbol. The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Guyana.

GUY FAWKES DAY, proper noun. (UK) November 5, a holiday in England since the 17th century commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.

GUY FAWKES DAY, proper noun. (UK) Alternative term for Guy Fawkes Night, the associated revelry, traditionally including bonfires, fireworks, and the burning in effigy of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.

GUY FAWKES NIGHT, proper noun. (British) The revelry on Guy Fawkes Day (the 5th of November) in commemoration of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, traditionally including the burning of effigies of the pope, Guy Fawkes, and/or the Devil.

GUY FAWKES' DAY, proper noun. Alternative term for Guy Fawkes Day

GUY LINE, noun. Alternative spelling of guyline

GUY LINES, noun. Plural of guy line

GUY ROPE, noun. A rope or cable used to steady either a tall structure, or a thing being hoisted or lowered

GUY WIRE, noun. Alternative spelling of guy-wire

GUY, noun. An informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll".

GUY, noun. An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day.

GUY, noun. A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent).

GUY, verb. Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday".

GUY, verb. Steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing".