Guy

Noun

 * 1) A support cable used to guide, steady or secure something.

Verb

 * 1) To equip with a support cable.

Noun

 * 1)  An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
 * 2)  A male
 * A new guy started at the office today.
 * Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
 * 1)  people
 * I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?
 * 1)  thing, creature
 * The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.
 * 1)  thing, unit
 * This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.

Synonyms

 * dude, fella, homey
 * bloke, geezer, cove, fellow, chap
 * See also Thesaurus:man

Derived terms

 * you guys

Verb

 * 1)  To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
 * 2)  To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
 * 3) * 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin 2004, p. 278:
 * Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser).
 * 1) * 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 187:
 * Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.

Thesaurus
Adamite, advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bastard, bearer, being, bird, bloke, body, boy, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buck, bugger, buttress, cane, caricature, carrier, cat, cervix, chap, character, corset, creature, crook, crutch, customer, duck, dude, earthling, feller, fellow, foundation garment, fulcrum, gazebo, gee, geezer, gent, gentleman, girdle, groundling, guywire, hand, he, head, homo, human, human being, individual, jasper, jock, jockstrap, joker, lad, lampoon, life, living soul, mainstay, maintainer, make fun of, man, mast, mock, mortal, neck, nose, one, party, person, personage, personality, poke fun at, prop, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rib, ridicule, rigging, satirize, send up, shoulder, shroud, single, somebody, someone, soul, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener, stud, support, supporter, sustainer, take off, tellurian, terran, upholder, walking stick, worldling, youth

Etymology 1
Probably of origin; compare Dutch gei:, German Geitau:.

Etymology 2
Named from Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.

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