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Guy ɡaɪ End Bad Shot Man I Noun

Word guy
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ɡaɪ / NAmE / ɡaɪ /
Example
  • a big/nice/tough guy
  • a dutch guy
  • at the end of the film the bad guy gets shot.
  • come on, you guys, let's get going!
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guy

(noun)BrE / ɡaɪ / NAmE / ɡaɪ /
  1. a man
    • see also fall guy
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fall-guy
    • a big/nice/tough guy
    • a Dutch guy
    • At the end of the film the bad guy gets shot.
  2. a group of people of either sex
    • Come on, you guys, let's get going!
  3. (in Britain) 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 vertical position
    • See related entries: Camping
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/camping/guy
  5. a way of describing a man who is very honest and thinks about the wishes and feelings of other people
    • I was tired of helping other people. From now on it was no more Mr Nice Guy (= I would stop being pleasant and kind).

    Extra Examples

    • Colleagues described the killer as ‘just a regular guy’.
    • The poor guy is worn out.
    • At the end of the film, the bad guy gets shot.
    • He seemed like a nice guy.
    • It was made by a guy called Alan Webster.

    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.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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