Definition of guying in English English dictionary
- present participle of guy
- Guy
- A male given name
He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence. For they were insults, Guy was in no doubt about that. Leonora's brother was implying that his name was far too upper-class for its possessor.
- Guy
- An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night
- guy
- people
I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?.
- guy
- thing, creature
The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.
- guy
- thing, unit
This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.
- guy
- An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November)
- guy
- To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo
Terry Kilmartin , applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
- guy
- A male
Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
- guy
- To equip with a support cable
- guy
- stay-rope
- guy
- {n} a rope to keep a heavy body steady while hoisting or lowering, or to confine a boom forward
- Guy
- given name, male
- Guy
- {i} male first name
- guy
- an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
- guy
- Americans sometimes address a group of people, whether they are male or female, as guys or you guys. Hi, guys. How are you doing? Mom wants to know if you guys still have that two-person tent. To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable. Bolton Guy Reginald Burgess Guy Francis de Moncy Dorchester of Dorchester Guy Carleton 1st Baron Fawkes Guy Guy Blaché Alice Alice Guy Lombardo Guy Albert Maupassant Henry René Albert Guy de Mollet Guy Tugwell Rexford Guy
- guy
- A rope or wire used to steady or support
- guy
- A person of queer looks or dress
- guy
- steady or support with with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
- guy
- To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November
- guy
- A support cable used to guide, steady or secure something
- guy
- Cables attached to a tripod or tower to increase stability Our 30 foot towers must be guyed Other towers and tripods may be guyed if increased stability is required
- guy
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "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"
- guy
- {f} make fun of; secure with rope; secure with a chain
- guy
- you guys attempt to revive the distinction between a singular and plural you to avoid confusion between the two uses
- guy
- steady or support with with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
- guy
- a cable, chain, rod, or rope that checks and controls movement or holds a structure or part in fixed alignment or position
- guy
- A rope used to adjust the position of a spinnaker pole
- guy
- {i} fellow, chap (Slang); reinforcing rope; anchor, chain
- guy
- Also called a brace A line used to control the movement of the object at the other end, such as a spar
- guy
- The windward spinnaker sheet
- guy
- 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
- guy
- a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent) an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
- guy
- To make fun of to ridicule with wit or innuendo
- guy
- A man (in plural, also people of either sex)
- guy
- A guy is a man. I was working with a guy from Manchester. see also wise guy
- guy
- a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- guy
- To steady or guide with a guy
- guy
- A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot
- guy
- A steel wire used to support or strengthen a structure
- guy
- A cable for steadying, guiding or holding something, like an antenna
- guy
- To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule
- guy
- A rope or wire used to control a spar or derrick
- guy
- an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
- guy
- Guy (Guido) Fawkes was one of the Gunpowder Plotters Effigies in his likeness are destroyed on Bonfire Night, and have become known as "guys "
- guy
- Rope, chain, or rod attached to brace, steady, or guide
