Guy
[gaɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent).
(noun.) an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day.
(noun.) an informal term for a youth or man; 'a nice guy'; 'the guy's only doing it for some doll'.
(verb.) steady or support with a guy wire or cable; 'The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing'.
Typist: Sonia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To steady or guide with a guy.
(n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
(n.) A person of queer looks or dress.
(v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
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Definition
n. (naut.) a rope to steady any suspended weight.—v.t. to keep in position by a guy.
n. an effigy of Guy Fawkes dressed up grotesquely on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th Nov.): an odd figure.
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Examples
- He consults his watch, and says (like Guy Fawkes), he'll now go down to the House of Commons and see how things look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am not at all obliged to it for making me Guy Fawkes in the vault and a Sneak in the area both at once,' said Eugene. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I know him better than I know Charles, than I know Chub, than I know Guy, than I know Mike, and I know them well. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This operation concluded, they hastily clambered over her sides, sliding down the guy ropes to the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It was capital, but see what a guy it's made me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It will make fun, and I don't mind being a guy if I'm comfortable. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Lant Street, Borough; it's near Guy's, and handy for me, you know. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Octavius Guy, otherwise Gooseberry, pursued the Sergeant, with the utmost gravity, you were missed at the bank yesterday. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He's a-keepin' guard in the lane vith that 'ere dark lantern, like a amiable Guy Fawkes! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What a guy you were, father! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Octavius Guy, answered the boy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- George Kennan has achieved fame in literature, and Guy Carleton and Harry de Souchet have been successful as dramatists. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Abbot, I think, gave me credit for being a sort of infantine Guy Fawkes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Guy Dengelton was safe in the family vault, while Eunice, as a rule, said very little. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You are a perfect Guy Faux. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It circled (owing to the guys of one wing being loose) to the right, completing two circles and beginning a third as it advanced; so that the whole course had the form of a spiral. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- You guys think there ain't anything to war. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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