Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (UK, Ireland) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
- (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
- (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
- (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.
- (colloquial) A man or boy; a fellow.
- (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).
- (especially in the plural, often controversial) A person (see usage notes).
- (colloquial) Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy.
- (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.
- (colloquial) Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity)
Verbi
- (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
- To equip with a support cable.
- (transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
- (theater, transitive) To play in a comedic manner.
Esimerkit
- The lady [...] who dresses like a guy.
- A new guy started at the office today.
- Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
- I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?
- The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.
- This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.
- Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?
- Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement.
- Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | guyed |
| Imperfekti | guyed |
| Partisiipin preesens | guying |
| Monikko | guys |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | guys |