guy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guy	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for guy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guy n an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" Synonym(s): guy, cat, hombre, bozo an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) Synonym(s): guy, guy cable, guy wire, guy rope v 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" Synonym(s): ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guy \Guy\, n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See {Guide}, and cf. {Gye}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guy \Guy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guying}.] To steady or guide with a guy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guy \Guy\, n. 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. The lady . . . who dresses like a guy. --W. S. Gilbert. 2. A person of queer looks or dress. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guy \Guy\, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Guy, AR (town, FIPS 29230) Location: 35.32450 N, 92.33478 W Population (1990): 241 (90 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72061 Guy, TX Zip code(s): 77444