guy

Nouns

• (n) an informal term for a youth or man
  • a nice guy
  • the guy's only doing it for some doll
  hombre, bozo, cat,
• (n) an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
• (n) a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) guy cable, guy rope, guy wire,

Verbs

• (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
  blackguard, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib, roast,
• (v) steady or support with a guy wire or cable
  • The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing

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