guy

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɡaɪ/]

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1. guy (noun) — sense 1

Definition: An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

2. guy (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".

Example: “But shan’t I look a guy?”
“Not a bit of it. Jist the very kick!”

3. guy (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A man or boy; a fellow.

Example: “You don't say so? I thought he was some guy from Pennsylvania.”

4. guy (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.

5. guy (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

Example: The dusky hunters "guyed" the palefaces who could not do as well as they with their primitive weapons, even though the fire spouted from the iron tubes and the balls that could not be seen by the eye carried death farther than did the missiles launched by the natives.

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