guy
1. an informal term for a youth or man (Freq. 33)
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
• Syn:
cat, hombre, bozo
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male
• Hyponyms:
sod
2. a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
• Syn:
guy cable, guy wire, guy rope
• Hypernyms:
brace, bracing
• Part Holonyms:
tent, collapsible shelter
1. 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
• Syn:
ridicule, roast, blackguard, laugh at, jest at,
rib, make fun, poke fun
• Derivationally related forms:
rib (for: rib), ribbing (for: rib), roast (for: roast), ridicule (for: ridicule), ridiculer (for: ridicule)
• Hypernyms:
mock, bemock
• Hyponyms:
tease, satirize, satirise, lampoon, debunk,
expose, stultify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: make fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: make fun)
2. steady or support with a guy wire or cable
- The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
• Hypernyms:
brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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