Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.

  2. (transitive)To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

  3. To equip with a support cable.

    abspannen

    steady or support with a guy wire or cable

Examples

5044 sentences
  1. The guys are sleeping like dogs.

    Ці хлопці сплять як собаки. — deniko

  2. I've been waiting for you guys.

    Я чекаю на вас. — triantafillou

    deIch habe auf euch gewartet. — raggione

  3. I'm really mad at you guys.

    Я дуже на вас сердитий, хлопці. — deniko

    ruЯ очень зол на вас, парни. — sharptoothed

  4. How much are you guys paying?

    Скільки ви платите? — deniko

  5. Tom seems like a nice guy.

    Том здається непоганим хлопцем. — deniko

    deTom scheint ein netter Kerl zu sein. — wolfgangth

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to equip with a support cable:

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

guys, guying, guyed, guyed
Base formguy · to guy
3rd person singularguys
Present participleguying
Past simpleguyed
Past participleguyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguy
he, she, itguys

Past simpleLesson

all personsguyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guyed
he, she, ithas guyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guy

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgal

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

neighbours in the dictionary
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