guy

CEFRA1

[ɡɑj]

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A man or boy.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A man or boy; a fellow.

Examples

  • After a couple of drinks, the guy was feeling no pain.

  • Look up the definition of 'guy' in your dictionary.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɡaɪ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".

  2. An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

  3. Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.

More examples

In context

  • Sometimes he can be a strange guy.

  • Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?

  • The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.