Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.

  2. (ambitransitive)To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.

  3. (transitive)To execute by hanging.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom owns a Guy Fawkes mask.

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Origin

From Guy Fawkes, who took part in a failed plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605

From Guy Fawkes, who took part in a failed plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605 and who was sentenced to being hanged, drawn, and quartered.

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Forms

Guy Fawkeses, Guy Fawkesing, Guy Fawkesed, Guy Fawkesed
Base formGuy Fawkes · to Guy Fawkes
3rd person singularGuy Fawkeses
Present participleGuy Fawkesing
Past simpleGuy Fawkesed
Past participleGuy Fawkesed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyGuy Fawkes
he, she, itGuy Fawkeses

Past simpleLesson

all personsGuy Fawkesed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave Guy Fawkesed
he, she, ithas Guy Fawkesed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill Guy Fawkes

Synonyms

10 synonyms
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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