definición y significado de guy

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guy (n.)

1.a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

2.an informal term for a youth or man"a nice guy" "the guy's only doing it for some doll"

3.a boy or man"that chap is your host" "there's a fellow at the door" "he's a likable cuss" "he's a good bloke"

Guy (n.)

1.an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

guy (v.)

1.steady or support with a guy wire or cable"The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

2.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"

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Merriam Webster

guyguy (gī), 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.

guyguy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. guyed (gīd); p. pr. & vb. n. guying.] To steady or guide with a guy.

GuyGuy, v. t. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [Local & Collog U.S.]

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Guy or guys may refer to:

Guy (given name)
Guy, an effigy burned on bonfire night (as in 'Penny for the Guy' - see Guy Fawkes, section "Legacy", for the development to the colloquial meaning of "a guy" meaning "a man")

In places:

In characters

Guy (Final Fight), character from the Final Fight and Street Fighter games
Guy (Fire Emblem), character from Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
Guy Smiley, character from Sesame Street
Guy #1 and Guy #2, characters in We Like Sportz, by The Lonely Island
Guy Cecil, character from the game Tales of the Abyss

In other uses:

Guy (sailing), rope to control a spar on a sailboat
Guy (grape), another name for the French wine grape Gouais blanc
Guy (band), R&B group
Guy (film), 1997 film starring Vincent D'Onofrio
Guy-wire, wire used to keep a structure in place against the effects of wind
Guy Motors, former British bus and truck builder
Guy the Gorilla, ((1946 – 1978), a Western Lowland Gorilla and 1960s–70s "celebrity" at London Zoo

Surname

Athol Guy (born 1940), Australian musician
Barry Guy (born 1947), British composer
Billy Guy (1936–2002), American singer
Brent Guy (born 1960), American football coach
Buddy Guy (born 1936), American guitarist
Constantin Guys (1802–1892), French journalist
Edna Guy (1907–1982), American dancer
Étienne Guy (1774–1820), Canadian surveyor and politician
Fabrice Guy (born 1968), French skier
Fritz Guy (born 1930), American theologian
Greg Guy, American basketball player
Henry Lewis Guy (1887–1956), British mechanical engineer
Jasmine Guy (born 1962), American actress
John Guy (governor) (died 1629), English merchant and Governor of Newfoundland
John Guy (historian) (born 1949), British historian
Nathan Guy (born 1970), New Zealand politician
Phil Guy (1940–2008), American guitarist
Ray Guy (born 1949), American football player
Richard Guy (born 1916), British mathematician
Rosa Guy (born 1925), American writer
Thomas Guy (1644–1724), British hospital founder
William Guy (1810–1885), British physician
William L. Guy (born 1919), American politician

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