Guy

  

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Guy

Definition: Guy

Guy

Noun

1. An informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll".

2. (British) an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day.

3. A rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent).

Verb

1. Subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".

2. Steady with a guy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Guy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the wood", "wide".

Date "guy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Guy \Guy\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Guyed; Guying.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Guy

DomainDefinition

Food & Agriculture

A rope or whip supporting or steadying a spar in a horizontal or inclined plane such as a bowsprit, a davit, a cargo boom and so on. Source: European Union. (references)
 A fixed cable bracing a spar-tree(or equivalent). Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Guy The Guiser or Guisard was the ancient Scotch mummer, who played before Yule; hence our words guise, disguise, guy, etc.
Guy (Thomas). Miser and philanthropist. He amassed an immense fortune in 1720 by speculations in the South Sea Stock, and gave £238,292 to found and endow Guy's Hospital.
Guy Fawkes, or Guido Fawkes, went under the name of John Johnstone, the servant of Mr. Percy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mining

A. A wire line or rope attached to the top of a drill derrick or pole and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened to a deadman or guy anchor. See also:guy line b. A rope that holds the end of a boom or spar in place. Syn:guy ropeSee also:guy line. (references)

Multilingual Slang

English (buddy), French (mec), Hungarian (faszi ), Kurdish (kur), Swiss German (siech ). (references)

Slang

Buddy. (references)

Slang in 1811

GUY. A dark lanthorn: an allusion to Guy Faux, the principal actor in the gunpowder plot. Stow the guy: conceal the lanthorn. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Guy, Arkansas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Guy is a town located in Faulkner County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 202.

Geography


Guy is located at 35°19'29" North, 92°20'6" West (35.324584, -92.334935)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census2 of 2000, there are 202 people, 84 households, and 65 families residing in the town. The population density is 84.8/km² (219.4/mi²). There are 92 housing units at an average density of 38.6/km² (99.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.04% White, 0.50% Black or African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 84 households out of which 31.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.5% are married couples living together, 9.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% are non-families. 21.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.40 and the average family size is 2.74. In the town the population is spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 92.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $35,625, and the median income for a family is $38,977. Males have a median income of $26,875 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,732. 14.0% of the population and 10.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.2% are under the age of 18 and 7.1% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Guy, Arkansas."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Guy

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

GUY

EnglishRepublic of GuyanaGeography, Law

GUY

FrenchRépublique coopérative du GuyanaGeography, Law

GUY

GermanKooperative Republik GuyanaGeography, Law

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Guy

Synonyms: bozo (n), cat (n), guy cable (n), guy rope (n), hombre (n), blackguard (v), jest at (v), laugh at (v), make fun (v), poke fun (v), rib (v), ridicule (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Guy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Connection

Bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string; (filament).

Humorist

Buffoon, farceur, merry-andrew, mime, tumbler, acrobat, mountebank, charlatan, posturemaster, harlequin, punch, pulcinella, scaramouch, clown; wearer of the cap and bells, wearer of the motley; motley fool; pantaloon, gypsy; jack-pudding, jack in the green, jack a dandy; wiseacre, wise guy, smartass; fool.

Prison

Yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord; (fastening); cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Guy

English words defined with "guy": Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes Day, Guyed, Guyingmeetnose, November 5outmarchpoke, pry, pushwillies. (references)
Specialty definitions using "guy": ALGOL 68C, Aluminum Book, ANTENNA INSTALLERBaga de Secretis, Bites and Bams, braced blade, buckle guy, BuggahCamarina, CLtL1, Colbronde, Common Lisp, CONSTRUCTION CHECKER, cookie bear, Cramp-ringDeath Star, Devil to Pay and no Pitch Hot, Dominie Sampson, Dough-Boy, Dun CowELECTRIC POWER LINE EXAMINERFair Trade, FAWES, FLOOR WORKER, WELL SERVICEGiants, Glossin, GLS, Groaning Malt, guy anchor, Guy Lewis Steele, Jr., guy line, Guy Steele, Guy, Earl of WarwickHalf a bubble off, Hatteraick, Herring-pond, high rigger, HOOK TENDER, Humble CowIBM Customer Engineer, IBM Systems Engineer, inspector and clerkKyoto Common LispLawn-market, Letter-Gae, LINE INSTALLER, STREET RAILWAY, line installer, trolleyMeg Merrilies, MisersNab-man, NESLOaksPEBKAC, Phelis, plug and play, power-line inspector, PUMP ERECTOR, pump installation and servicerrazor, Red Cock, red wire, rig-up man, Rock aheadSampson, Savoir Faire, second rigger, SHIPFITTER HELPER, SIGN ERECTOR I, sign hanger, Silver Cooper, spar tree, stayed blade, stone crane operatorTELEVISION INSTALLER, That Guy, Thats a nice oneVCODEYellow Book, Jargon. (references)
Etymologies containing "guy": Gye. (references)

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Modern Usage: Guy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I just thought you were a guy. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

It doesn't matter if the guy is perfect, or the girl is perfect, as long as they are perfect for each other (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon)

He will be in cahoots with the Columbia Record and Tape Company guy who's been after my ass for years (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

I was the only guy who disagreed with the cops - and I had brain damage (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Hey honey, let's see how good this guy is. What'd I win (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

Lyrics

I don't want no fly guy (Shy Guy; performing artist: Diana King)

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids (The Other Guy; performing artist: The Little River Band)

Anybody could be that guy ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba)

You're a patient guy (Everybody Doesn't; performing artist: Amanda)

There was a guy (Hottie; performing artist: Ashley Ballard)

Clever

Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words. (references; author: Woody Allen)

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? (references; author: unknown)

Definition of a Transvestite: A guy who likes to eat, drink, and be Mary! (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

New Guy (2003)

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)

Erap Is My Guy (1973)

Chaochow guy (1972)

Song Titles

My Guy (performing artist: Mary Wells)

The Other Guy (performing artist: The Little River Band)

Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (performing artist: The Offspring)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Guy

DomainTitle

References

  • Guy Couach: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Guy Degrenne S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Struggling Under the Destructive Glance: Androgyny in the Novels of Guy De Maupassant (American University Studies, Series Ii, Romance Languages And) (reference)

  • Secrets Of Building A Million Dollar Network Marketing Organization From A Guy Who's Been There Done That And Shows You How To Do It Too (reference)

  • Fall Guy (reference)

  • Fall Guy (Curley Large Print) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • The Fall Guy (Atlantic Large Print) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Freddy's Nightmares: No More Mr. Nice Guy (reference)

  • The Guy Maddin Collection (Twilight of the Ice Nymphs / The Heart of the World / Archangel) (reference)

  • The Cable Guy (reference)

  • Girl a Guy and a Gob (reference)

  • Filthy Guy (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Guy

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Photo Album: Guy

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Staff Sgt. Guy Dashnea.

La danse de saint Guy Lith. de Langlumé. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[E. Guy Campbell]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Guy Hecker. Credit: Library of Congress.

It's yore'n and her'n, Grant, and I stole it fo' you, exclaimed Solomon Guy Farr. Credit: Library of Congress.

Main Street? : yeh, this is Main Street : now who was the humorous guy told yuh ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Summer pastimes. On a back-country vacation train two hours late -- envying the wise guy ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilies in "Guy Mannering". Credit: Library of Congress.

Jeffrey Hunter, Vic Damone, and David Janssen dressed in military uniforms pose with Guy Gabaldon in open field. Credit: Library of Congress.

Coal miner: the "lady's man" and "smart guy." Bertha Hill, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Guy
 

"Strange guy" by Grzegorz Skaruz
Commentary: "In a silver mine..."
"Wood guy" by Fresia Funk
Commentary: "Wood guy ... another pose."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Guy

AuthorQuotation

Doug Larson

The secret ballot is a beautiful system that permits you to claim you never voted for that guy.

George Carlin

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

Guy Bellamy

Hindsight is an exact science.

Guy de Maupassant

Military men are the scourges of the world.

Henny Youngman

How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put 'page 2.'

Hugh Grant

I had one guy at a gas station in New York say to me, "Hey, you look like Hugh Grant. No offense."

Marlon Brando

An actor's a guy who if you ain't talking about him he ain't listening.

Rita Rudner

Whenever I date a guy, I think, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"

Tom Waits

I am the type of guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Guy

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will entirely remove from their bailiwicks, the relations of Gerard of Athee (so that in future they shall have no bailiwick in England); namely, Engelard of Cigogne, Peter, Guy, and Andrew of Chanceaux, Guy of Cigogne, Geoffrey of Martigny with his brothers, Philip Mark with his brothers and his nephew Geoffrey, and the whole brood of the same. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Guy

TitleAuthorQuote

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Beautiful, charming, devastatingly intelligent, at last I'd got her to myself for a bit and was plying her with a bit of talk when this friend of yours barges up and says 'Hey doll, is this guy boring you

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The last was Guy Etienne Alexandre, who was a cavalry colonel, and held some rank in the light horse of Brittany

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Guy showed me a dictionary

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Guy

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The Russian perfume market is almost fully dominated by leading French, Italian, U.S. and German brands such as Christian Dior, Lancome, Jacomo, Jean Couturier, Charles Jourdan, Dolce&Gabana, Coty, Cacharel, Paco Rabanne, Evaflor, Melfleurs, Parfume Parour, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Aramis, Tommy Hilfiger, Nina Ricci, Chanel, Gucci, Rochas, Givenchy, Kenzo, Guerlain, Lancome, Cacharel, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Paloma Picasso, Guy Laroche, Boucheron, Lancaster, Gianfranco Ferre, Byblos and many others. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

On February 28, security forces arrested Guy Kasongo, editor of the satirical journal Pot Pourri, allegedly for publishing unflattering cartoons of the Minister of the Interior. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

The present Cabinet, the Guy Verhofstadt Cabinet, consists of the following members of the Flemish Liberal Party (VLD), the francophone Liberal Party (PRL), the Flemish Socialist Party (SP), the francophone Socialist Party (PS), the Flemish Green Party (AGALEV), and the francophone Green Party (ECOLO). (references)

Belgium

General elections were last held on June 13, 1999. Driven in part by resentment over a mishandled dioxin food-contamination crisis in June 1999, Belgian voters rejected Jean Luc-Dehaene's longstanding coalition government of Christian Democrats and Socialists and voted into power a coalition put together by Flemish Liberal Leader Guy Verhofstadt. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

On December 28, the High Court ruled that Guy Watson-Smith, a farmer, was allowed to retrieve machinery, animals, and other personal property from his farm, which reportedly was seized in December by former army chief Solomon Mujuru and local civil servants. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RAZOR, n. An instrument used by the Caucasian to enhance his beauty, by the Mongolian to make a guy of himself, and by the Afro-American to affirm his worth.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Guy

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

But this recent intifada has hardened him like a dead guy on Viagra.

Don Imus

See I'm not like, I'm not like David Letterman. He's a very nice guy I'm sure. But remember that woman who used to break in his house all the time.

Heather Mills McCartney

Or any boyfriends before that. Every guy I've been out with has asked me to marry them within a week, so, not at all.

Joe Esposito

Well, this guy in the Air Force was a friend of ours. And he brought Priscilla to the house to meet Elvis because she wanted to meet Elvis.

Michael Oxley

Mike Castle's a great guy and former governor, and he could be right, unless we fall down on the job of correcting the situation, but we're not going to fall down on the job.

Rosie O'Donnell

I am and I don't even necessarily feel rich, even though I know that am, but I have some guy who does my money, my brother-in-law, actually.

Rush Limbaugh

This side-by-side picture of John Kerry and Lurch tells you all you need to know about this guy.

Steve Kroft

Kenneth Kimes says before their arrest he was just a normal guy. He even made an appearance on a dating game show on MTV.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Guy

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Bush

1989-1993When I held the little guy fo the first time, the troubles at home and abroad seemed manageable, and totally in perspective.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Guy

"Guy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.72% of the time. "Guy" is used about 4,005 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)58.72%2,3523,782
Noun (proper)41.08%1,6455,065
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.2%8124,375
                    Total100.00%4,005N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Guy

The following table summarizes the usage of "guy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
GuyFirst name Male60,000252
GuyLast name14,000876
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Guy

"Guy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the wood", "wide".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Guy."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
GuyMaleEnglishN/A
GuyMaleFrenchN/A
GuidoMaleItalianGuy
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Guy

CountryName
France

Guy Couach

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Guy


1. Guy, AR (town, FIPS 29230)
Location: 35.32450 N, 92.33478 W
Population (1990): 241 (90 housing units)
Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 72061
Country: USA


2. Guy, TX
Zip Code(s): 77444
Country: USA

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Expressions: Guy

Expressions using "guy": a great guy a nice guy a regular guy a swell guy a tough guy back guy bad guy buckle guy cable guy clever guy credulous guy do a guy fall guy funny guy give smb. the guy give the guy to give the guy to smb. good guy great guy guy anchor guy cable guy cord guy de Maupassant guy eyes guy Fawkes guy fawkes day guy line guy rope guy Steele hell of a guy Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant lazy guy regular guy tail guy morning tough guy wise guy. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "guy": guy-alain, Guy-fawkes, Guy-fisher, Guy-geoffrey, guy-ropes.

Ending with "guy": fall-guy, tough-guy.

Containing "guy": nice-quiet-guy-who-lives-next-door.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Guy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

family guy

4,607

teen muscle guy

373

guy

4,269

shirtless guy

370

hot guy

3,501

amateur straight guy

369

good guy

2,906

guy and doll

347

naked guy

1,068

guy pearce

299

10 day guy in lose

1,034

guy rocket

289

gay guy

945

guy picture

286

cute guy

917

two girl and a guy

274

green guy link o rama

848

family guy quote

258

guy green

843

muscle guy

251

larry the cable guy

798

the fall guy

248

guy want bad girl

732

guy pic

216

sexy guy

551

teen guy

216

nude guy

492

family guy picture

215

the new guy

437

extreme guy stuff

206

buddy guy

401

jasmine guy

206

guy thing

395

family guy episode guide

205

day guy in lose ten

387

straight guy

204

picture of hot guy

385

fat guy

200

toni guy

375

hot guy pic

198
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Guy

Language Translations for "guy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gagarel, vë në lojë (hoax, hocus, pull smb.'s leg, tease), tip (bloke, case, cast, character, cove, cuss, denomination, dog, dude, exemplar, exponent, joker, kind, lad, merchant, model, nature, persona, sort, type), spitullaq (coxcomb, dude), siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, provide, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), shok (bedfellow, brother, buddy, buddy buddy, chap, companion, companion in arms, Comrade, fellow, friend, mate, pal, pard, partner, peer), person (beggar, body, case, chap, contact, dude, fella, fellow, fish, flesh and blood, hand, individual, party, person, persona, personage, piece, subject), ngacmoj (annoy, badger, banter, bedevil, bother, chaff, chip, dare, excite, harass, Harrow, Harry, irritate, jolly, molest, monkey, nag, nettle, provoke, rag, rally, ruffle, tamper, tease), djalosh (lad, laddie, stripling), arratis (escape, Lam). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فتي (beggar, lad, young man, youthful), ‏غلام (boy, chap, child, laddie, man, nipper, punk, shaver), ‏تنكر (abjure, deny, deny oneself, disavow, disclaim, disguise, disguise oneself, disown, mask, masquerade, mockery, renounce, repudiate, travesty), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏صبي (boy, gamin, lad, sapling, shaver, son, tad), ‏شخص (baby, bloke, body, boy, cuss, customer, diagnose, effigy, embody, individual, joker, man, person, personate, scout, sort, specimen, spirit, stick). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

чучело (dummy), човек (being, bloke, bod, body, fellow, figure, head, homo, human, human being, individual, Jack, Johnny, joker, liver, Mac, man, person, piece, subject, thing, type, Wight, you), офейкване (decampment, scuttle), окарикатурявам (caricature, stultify, travesty), обтяжка, опъвам с обтяжка, момче (boy, bud, chap, chappy, fellow, gossoon, kid, knave, lad, laddie, loon, man child, son of adam, urchin), подигравам се с, изобразявам като плашило, измъкване (elusion, extrication, scuttle, sneak). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(Guys, human, humans, man, men, Person, persons, Ren), 傢伙 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

lano (cable, rope, tight-rope, twist), kluk (bloke, boy, fellow, Jack, knave, lad, son, youngster), chlap (chap, cove, Jack). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stag (guy wire, stay, sterling transferable accruing government securities(STAGs), stiffener, wind-resisting stay), halebardunforankring (tail guy morning), bardunring (guy ring), bardunforankring af boretårn (guy anchor), bardunanker (guy anchor), bardun (back guy, buckle guy, guy line, guy wire, stay, stay rope, stay wire, steel wire stay, wire back-tie), anker (anchor), afstivningswirerne fastgoeres til forankringer i nogen afstand fra boretaarnet (the guy wires are attached to'dead men'located some distance from the derrick). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sujet (chap, fellow, individual, person), snuiter (chap, fellow, person), persoon (chap, fellow, person), knul (chap, fellow, person), kerel (chap, fellow, giant, person). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ulo (chap, fellow, person). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

یارو (Party, Skate), فرار (Breakaway, Desertion, Escape, Evasive, Lam, Scape), مرد (Chap, Groom, Hidalgo, Man), گریز (Allusion, Desertion, Digression, Escape, Evasion, Flight, Jink, Scamper, Scuttle, Subterfuge, Truancy), جیم شدن (Nip, Scram), استهزاء کردن (Deride, Jest, Jig, Scorn), شخص (Cove, Dude, Figure, Individual, Man, One, Person, Specimen, Subject), باتمثال نمایش دادن , باطناب نگه داشتن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

veikko (brother, fellow, mate), olio (being, chap, creature, fellow, person, thing), kaveri (chum, fellow, pal), heppuli (bloke), heppu (bloke). (various references)

   

French

  

gonze, gars, gamin, type, tourner en ridicule, portant, mec, jeune homme, individu, ancrer. (various references)

   

German

  

verspannen (brace, stay), kerl (beggar, blighter, bloke, chap, character, cove, fellow, operator, twerp, wretch). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλώδιο (cable, flex, hawser, wire), κοροϊδεύω (dupe, fool, kid, mock, razz, ridicule, spoof, string along, take the mickey out of), παιδί (bairn, boy, boyo, child, children, cove, kid, lad, moppet, youngster, younker), φαιδρόσ (blithe, cheerful, debonair, gay, genial, hilarious, jovial, vivacious, winsome), άνθρωποσ (folk, man), τύπος (fellow, formula, sort, version). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללעוג (deride, gibe, jeer, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer), לחזק בחבל, עוגן (anchor, stay), בחור (chap, fellow, lad, young man, youngster), ברנש (creature, fellow, human being, son of a gun, specimen). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pasas (beggar, bloke, cat, chap, chappie, chappy, coon, cove, cuss, feller, gent, joker, perisher), pacák (blighter, bloke, chappie, chappy, cod, cuss, fella, feller, jay, jock, perisher, skin), faszi (bloke). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

giuk, orang (man, people, person), cowok (boy, boy friend, man), bubutan (lathe). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tipo (bloke, chap, codger, customer, fellow, Jack, kind, manner, model, pattern, sort, specimen, strain, type), ragazzo (boy, boyfriend, children, Jack, kid, lad, nipper, youngster, youth), individuo (beggar, bloke, chap, fellow, head, individual, self), figura grottesca, ancorare (anchor, berth), àncora (anchor, armature). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

奴さん (attendant, chap, fellow, footman), (chap, fellow, servant), ガーター編み (African daisy, Gacrux, garbage, garbology, garden, garden party, garden smoker, garlic, garnet, garter stitch, gaucho, gaucho hat, gaucho look, gaucho pants, gauss, Gaussian, Geiger counter, gerbera, girder bridge, girdle, girl, girl friend, girl hunt, Girl Scouts, gown, guard, guard bunker, guard cable, guardian, guardrail, guidance, guide number, guidebook, guideline, guidepost, guile, security guard, spirit, tour guide). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ガイ , やつ (chap, eight, fellow), やっこさん (attendant, chap, fellow, footman). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

녀석 (Guys). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tead (cable, line, loose rope, rope, string), jalloo (altarpiece, bust, carving, drawing, effigy, figure, icon, idol, image, joss, painting, picture, sculpture, statue), cur tead er (rope off, string). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

bardun. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uygay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

osobnik (chap, fellow, person). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sujeito (beggar, bloke, bound, bugger, cod, individual, lazarus, subject), segurar (assure, attach, bolster, clamp, cling, clip, ensure, grapple, hang onto, hitch, hold, hold back, indemnify, insure, pillar, pin, secure, seize, sustain, take, take up, underset, unrein, uphold), ridicularizar (banter, belabor, belabour, bosh, burlesque, deride, lambaste, lampoon, laugh, make an ass of, mock, quiz, ridicule, scout), rapaz (bob, boy, fellow, go-soon, he, house-boy, jockey, lad, laddie, sapling, stripling, youngling, youngster), firmar (base, cement, clench, confirm, consolidate, embed, enplane, fasten, firm, fix, hoop, implant, joggle, key, nail, plant, rivet, root, secure, set, sign, stabilize, steady, stiffen, underwrite), espantalho (bogey, bugaboo, dud, fright, scarecrow), corrente (backwash, cable, catena, chain, circulation, course, criss-cross, current, fetter, floating, flow, flowing, fluent, flux, fresh, general, prevailing, preventer, rife, river, ruling, running, runny, scour, shackle, stream, tether, tide, tie, undercurrent), corda (clothes line, cord, gimp, hackle, halter, line, rope, spring, string, tie, twine), chapa (cliché, list, mate, pane, pattern, plate, stencil, template, templet), cara (appearance, expression, face, phiz, visage), caar (gun, hunt), cabra (goat, nanny-goat), cabo (bight, cable, cape, cord, corporal, end, flex, foreland, grip, gripe, hand, handle, headland, helve, hilt, hokum, hook, hub, knob, leg pull, naze, non-com, non-commissioned officer, preventer, rope, tail). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

tip (bird, bloke, card, cast, category, chap, character, cove, cuss, customer, design, devil, fellow, Johnny, joker, kidney, letter, make, merchant, model, norm, sort, soul, specimen, standard, symbol, type), sperietoare (Bogle, bogy, bugaboo, bugbear, fright, scarecrow, the bogy man), ridiculiza (banter, burlesque, laugh, mock, ridicule, roast, stultify), persoanã grotesc îmbrãcatã, momâie (dummy, fright, scarecrow), individ (bird, bloke, body, character, cove, cuss, customer, devil, dog, egg, fellow, individual, individuality, man, merchant, odd fish, party, perisher, person, queer fish, self, specimen, strange fish, subject, Wight), flãcãu (bachelor, chap, fellow, lad, laddie, scout, Swain, young, youth), bãiat (beggar, boy, caddie, chap, child, fellow, Jack, lad, scout, son, youngster, youth), şterge (abrade, annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, make away, make off, mop, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

парень (bloke, bod 1, boy, chap, cove, cuss, duck, fellow, gossoon, josser, kid, lad, loon, scout, swain). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

unakaraditi (uglify), povodac (guide rope, halter, lead, leading strings, leash), nakaradan (ill-favored, ill-favoured, jazz, sightless), momak (bachelor, boy, boyfriend, bugger, chap, gossoon, jack, lad, skate, sport). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tipo (blighter, build, character, disposition, especial, fellow, figure, genre, genus, kind, make, print, proposition, rate, shape, sort, type). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kille (bloke, boy, cat, chap, chappie, dog, fellow, Joe, Johnny, joker, josser, kid, scout, Walla, Wallah, yob). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เชือกรัด, เยาะเย้ย (gibe, gibe at, jape, jibe, mock, ridicule, sardonic, taunt with), คนนั้น. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

germe kablosu, germe halatı, tip (bakhshish, baksheesh, bugger, cast, codger, cuss, customer, cut, ilk, job, Johnny, norm, number, perk, perquisite, person, pourboire, sort, specimen, style, tip, type, vintage), takılmak (banter, be affixed, be attached, catch, chaff, chip, hang out, haunt, hook, impose oneself on, jam, jam in, jolly, Josh, kid, lark, lark about, lark around, lock, lock on, pull smb.'s leg, rally, rib, rot, seize, seize up, snag, sport, stick, stick around, tease), rezil etmek (attaint, ball up, bitch, bitch up, bring disgrace on smb., decry, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, foul up, gibbet, let down, pillory, put smb. to shame, ruin, stultify, wreck), korkuluk (balustrade, banister, barrier, guardrail, parapet, rail, railing, scarecrow), herif (blighter, bloke, bozo, bugger, Buster, cove, cuss, customer, Dick, dog, fellow, Johnny, josser, mug, sod, stooge, varlet), halatla tutturmak, bağlamak (affiliate, assign, attach, attribute, band, bandage, belay, bend, bind, bond, brace, braid, clasp, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, connect, copulate, cord, couple, do up, engage, enthral, enthrall, fasten, fasten up, fix, fixate, grapple, hitch, hook on, hook up, infix, interconnect, interlink, interlock, inthral, join, knit, knit together, knit up, knot, lace, lace up, lash, lash down, leash, ligature, link, link up, lock, lock up, mediatize, oblige, put through, rivet, rope, settle, string, subordinate, switch to, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, truss, unite, Wed), alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt), adam (bean, bird, bozo, Buster, chap, cookie, cooky, cuss, Dick, dog, employee, feller, fellow, fellow man, Jack, joker, man, person), acayip kılıklı tip. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

виставляти на посміховище, опудало (bugaboo, scarecrow), одоробло, знущатися (bemock, flout, jeer, scorn). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

xích, lời pha trò (pleasantry), lời nói giễu, dây (catena, chain, lace, line, string, strung, tape), bù nhìn (puppet, straw). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Guy

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Trigla spp.. (various references)

Old French900-1400

guie. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Guy

LanguageDateSourceJob Chapter 39, Verse 27
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpi de sw prostagmati uyoutai aetoV guy de epi nossiaV autou kaqesqeiV aulizetai
Latin405VulgateAut ad praeceptum tuum elevabitur aquila et in arduis ponet nidum suum
Middle English1395WyclifWhether at thi comaundement shal be rerid the egle, and in heye thingus shal putten his nest?
Jacobean English1611King JamesDoth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Basic English1964OgdenShaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Guy

LanguageJob Chapter 39, Verse 27
AlbanianÉshtë vallë nën komandën tënde që shqiponja ngrihet lart dhe e bën folenë e saj në vende të larta?
CebuanoMaglupad ba ang agila sa itaas tungod sa imong pagmando, Ug magbalay sa iyang salag sa kahitas-an?
CroatianZar se na nalog tvoj diže orao i vrh timora gnijezdo sebi vije?
Danishden sluger Vejen med gungrende Vildskab, den tøjler sig ikke, når Hornet lyder;
FinnishKäy jyrinä ja jytinä, kun se laukaten taivalta ahmii; ei mikään sitä pidätä sotatorven pauhatessa.
GermanFliegt der Adler auf deinen Befehl so hoch, daß er sein Nest in der Höhe macht?
HungarianTombolva, nyihogva kapálja a földet, és nem áll veszteg, ha trombita zeng.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPerintahmukah yang diikuti burung rajawali sebelum ia membuat sarangnya di gunung yang tinggi?
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDengan getar dan gertak ia mengentak-entakkan kakinya kepada tanah dan tiada ia mau berhenti apabila didengarnya bunyi nafiri.
ItalianO al tuo comando l'aquila s'innalza e pone il suo nido sulle alture?
MaoriNau te kupu i kake ai te ekara? i hanga ai e ia tana ohanga ki te wahi tiketike?
NorwegianMed styr og ståk river den jorden op, og den lar sig ikke stagge når krigsluren lyder.
PortugueseOu se remonta a águia ao teu mandado, e põe no alto o seu ninho?   
RumanianOare din porunca ta se knalyq vulturul, wi kwi aweazq cuibul pe knqlyimi?
RussianрП ФЧПЕНХ МЙ УМПЧХ ЧПЪОПУЙФУС ПТЕМ Й ХУФТПСЕФ ОБ ЧЩУПФЕ ЗОЕЪДП УЧПЕ?
Spanish¿Es por tu mandato que el águila se eleva y pone en lo alto su nido?
SwedishHan skakas och rasar och uppslukar marken, han kan icke styra sig, när basunen har ljudit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Guy

Derivations

Words beginning with "guy": guyed, guying, guyline, guylines, guyot, guyots, guys. (additional references)

Words ending with "guy": plaguy, wiseguy. (additional references)

Words containing "guy": wiseguys. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Guy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aguy, Gacy, gaugy, gauie, gayi, Gcu, Gdy, geey, gey, gfy, Ghu, ghy, giby, gify, gii, givy, giy, giyn, gly, gnui, gocy, goey, goi, goie, Goiya, goj, Gowy, goye, goyt, goyz, gu, gua, guay, guaya, gub, gud, Gue, guey, Gueye, guh, gui, guif, guig, guiz, guj, guk, guky, guny, gup, gupy, gusy, guty, guuy, guv, gux, guya, guye, guyn, Guyt, guz, Gwyl, Gxu, gy, gyb, gyf, Gyu, Sgui, Ugb, ugey, Ugi, ugry, uy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Guy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "guy" (pronounced gī")
2g ī"Gae.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Guy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "g-u-y"
 

+1 letter: guys, ugly, yuga.

 

+2 letters: buggy, bulgy, dungy, fuggy, gaudy, gauzy, gluey, gouty, gulfy, gully, gulpy, gummy, gunky, gunny, guppy, gurry, gushy, gussy, gusty, gutsy, gutty, guyed, guyot, gyrus, muggy, pudgy, puggy, rugby, surgy, vuggy, young, yugas.

 

+3 letters: agouty, argufy, augury, bugeye, buying, doughy, druggy, eulogy, gluily, glumly, glumpy, grouty, grubby, gruffy, grumpy, grungy, guanay, guilty, gulley, gurney, guying, guyots, gypsum, hugely, hungry, jungly, kludgy, loungy, lungyi, maguey, plaguy, puggry, quaggy, saughy, sludgy, smudgy, smugly, snugly, sugary, toughy, uglify, uglily, yogurt, youngs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Names: Company Usage
19. Cities
20. Expressions
21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace
25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes
29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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