guy

guy has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• 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.
• 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 person of queer looks or dress.
• v. t.. To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.
• n.. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
• n.. an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
• n.. an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
• v.. steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
• v.. 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"