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English Idioms :: guy
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guy.html - See: REGULAR GUY, WISE GUY. |
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Traditional English :: guy(1)
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guy.html - n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. a man; a fellow.
2 (usu. in pl.) US a person of either sex.
3 Brit. an effigy of Guy Fawkes in ragged clothing, burnt on a bonfire on 5 Nov.
4 Brit. a grotesquely dressed person. --v.tr.
1 ridicule.
2 exhibit in effigy. [Guy Fawkes, conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605] |
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Traditional English :: guy(2)
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guy.html - n. & v. --n. a rope or chain to secure a tent or steady a crane-load etc. --v.tr. secure with a guy or guys. [prob. of LG orig.: cf. LG & Du. gei brail etc.] |
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English Idioms :: guard
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guy.html - See: COLOR GUARD, OFF GUARD, ON GUARD. |
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English Idioms :: guest
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guy.html - See: BF. MY GUEST. |
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English Idioms :: gum up
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guy.html - {v.}, {slang} To cause not to work or ruin; spoil; make something go wrong. - Often used in the phrase "gum up the works". * /Jimmy has gummed up the typewriter./ Syn.: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH. |
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