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Guy ɡaɪ Noun Big/Little Nice/Smart/Tough Young Man Named

Word3 guy
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ɡaɪ/ /ɡaɪ/
Example
  • a big/little guy
  • a nice/smart/tough guy
  • a young guy
  • an old guy
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guy

(noun)/ɡaɪ/ /ɡaɪ/
  1. a man
    • SEE ALSO fall guy
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fall-guy
    • a big/little guy
    • a nice/smart/tough guy
    • a young guy
    • an old guy
    • a white/black guy
    • The poor guy must have been terrified.
    • a Dutch guy
    • At the end of the film the bad guy gets shot.
    • While the cops should be the good guys, it's much more complex than that.

    Extra Examples

    • Colleagues described the killer as ‘just a regular guy’.
    • He seemed like a decent guy.
    • It was made by a guy named Alan Webster.
    • We all knew guys like him at university.
  2. a group of people of either sex
    • Come on, you guys, let's get going!
  3. (in the UK) a model of a man dressed in old clothes that is burned on a bonfire on 5 November during the celebrations for Bonfire Night
  4. a rope used to keep a pole or tent in a secure position

    5. Word Origin

    • senses 1 to 3 early 19th cent. (in sense (3)): named after Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605.
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