Meaning

10 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK)An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

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

  2. (dated)A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".

  3. (colloquial)A man or boy; a fellow.

    an informal term for a youth or man

  4. (especially, in the plural)A person (see usage notes).

  5. (colloquial)Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.

    The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.

  6. (informal, term of address)Dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.

    Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?

    Typ, Kerl

    па́реньpárenʹ, ю́ношаjúnoša, молодо́й челове́кmolodój čelovék

  7. (colloquial)Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)

    This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.

    This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.

  8. A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.

    шкотškot

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

  9. A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship, a suspension bridge, or a utility pole).

  10. (obsolete, rare)A guide; a leader or conductor.

Examples

5044 sentences
  1. The guys are sleeping like dogs.

    Ці хлопці сплять як собаки.

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  2. I've been waiting for you guys.

    Я чекаю на вас.

    deIch habe auf euch gewartet.

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  3. I'm really mad at you guys.

    Я дуже на вас сердитий, хлопці.

    ruЯ очень зол на вас, парни.

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  4. How much are you guys paying?

    Скільки ви платите?

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  5. Tom seems like a nice guy.

    Том здається непоганим хлопцем.

    deTom scheint ein netter Kerl zu sein.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
in plural: people:
male, man:
nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
in plural: people:
male, man:

Origin

Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic e

Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night. The name Guy is from Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. Cognate with Italian Guido. Doublet of guido.

From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide.

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Forms

plural: guys
Singularguy
Pluralguys

regular

Synonyms

67 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

41 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a nice guy
  • nice guy
  • kind of guy
  • the guy who
  • guy over there
  • guy named
  • a guy named
  • smart guy
  • very nice guy
  • the only guy
  • is the guy
  • three guys who

See also

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