noun
- Used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man.
- synonyms: old codger
Codger and Guy
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
noun
- An informal term for a youth or man.
- usage: "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
- An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day.
- A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent.
verb
- Subject to laughter or ridicule.
- usage: "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"
- Steady or support with a guy wire or cable.
- usage: "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (n.) A person of queer looks or dress.
- (v.t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
- (v.t.) To steady or guide with a guy.
- (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
- (n.) 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.
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