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English to English noun
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an informal term for a youth or man |  | Example: a nice guy
the guy's only doing it for some doll
source: wordnet30
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an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day | | source: wordnet30
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a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) | | source: wordnet30
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A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened. | | source: webster1913
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A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. | | source: webster1913 verb
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subject to laughter or ridicule | | Example: The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
source: wordnet30
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steady or support with a guy wire or cable | | Example: The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
source: wordnet30
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To steady or guide with a guy. | | source: webster1913
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To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. | | source: webster1913
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