GUY


Meaning of GUY in English

guy 1

/guy/ , n. , v. , guyed, guying .

n.

1. Informal. a man or boy; fellow: He's a nice guy.

2. Usually, guys . Informal. persons of either sex; people: Could one of you guys help me with this?

3. Chiefly Brit. Slang. a grotesquely dressed person.

4. ( often cap. ) Brit. a grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes that is paraded through the streets and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

5. give the guy to , Brit. Slang. to escape from (someone); give (someone) the slip.

v.t.

6. to jeer at or make fun of; ridicule.

[ 1800-10; after Guy Fawkes ]

guy 2

/guy/ , n. , v. , guyed, guying .

n.

1. a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position.

v.t.

2. to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.

[ 1300-50; ME gye guie a guide, deriv. of guier to GUIDE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .