| Guy | |
| 1. n. (British) An effigy of Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night | |
| 2. n. (British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November). | |
| 3. n. (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright". | |
| 4. n. (colloquial) A man, fellow. | |
| 5. n. (especially, in the plural) A person (see usage notes). | |
| 6. n. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) Thing, creature. | |
| The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy. | |
| 7. n. (colloquial, figuratively) Thing, unit. | |
| This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage. | |
| This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x. | |
| 8. n. (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man. | |
| Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya? | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November. | |
| 10. v. To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo. | |
| 11. v. (theatre, transitive) To play in a comedic manner. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor. | |
| 13. n. (primarily, nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. | |
| 14. n. (primarily, nautical) A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge). | |
| 15. v. To equip with a support cable. | |
