guynoun
uk/ɡaɪ/us/ɡaɪ/guy noun (MAN)
A2 [ C ] informal a man:
He's a really nice guy.
Do you mean the guy with the blonde hair and glasses?
guys B1 [ plural ] mainly US
used to address a group of people of either sex:
Come on, you guys, let's go.
[ C ] in the UK, a model of a man that is burned on a large fire on Guy Fawkes Night
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- She was engaged to some guy in the army.
- That guy in the grey jacket has been eyeing you up all evening.
- I don't see what the fuss is about - he seems like a fairly ordinary looking guy to me.
- Hey, are you guys coming to Angela's party?
- I'm just going out for a drink with the guys.
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Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- fop
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- laddie
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- sirrah
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
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People in general
Objects & decorations connected with celebrations
guy noun (ROPE)
[ C ] also guy rope, US also guyline, a rope that at one end is connected to a tent or pole and at the other end is fastened to the ground by a peg, keeping the tent or pole in position
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Camping
- backpacker
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campfire
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- pitch
- trailer park
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Cords, ropes, cables & string