guy

guy is a 3-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. transitive verb. To steady or guide with a guy.
3. noun. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
4. noun. A person of queer looks or dress.
5. transitive verb. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
6. noun. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
7. noun. an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
8. noun. an informal term for a youth or man

   "a nice guy"

   "the guy's only doing it for some doll"

   Synonyms: bozo, cat, hombre

9. verb. steady or support with a guy wire or cable

   "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"

10. verb. subject to laughter or ridicule

    "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"

    "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

    Synonyms: blackguard, rib, ridicule, roast

Synonyms

bozo, cat, hombre, blackguard, rib, ridicule, roast

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in guy:

yug

Common word forms

guys, guyed, guyer, guying

Words from these letters

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