nnoun.personan informal term for a youth or manSynset:bozo cat hombre sod
Examples:- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink
Hypernyms:adult male man
Inherited Hypernyms:guymanadultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:guymanadultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:guymanmalepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:guymanmalepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifactan effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes DayRegion:BritainGreat BritainU.K.UKUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hypernyms:effigy image simulacrum
Inherited Hypernyms:guyeffigyrepresentationcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)Synset:guy cable guy rope guy wire
Derivationally Related Form:guy
Part Holonyms:collapsible shelter tent
Hypernyms:brace bracing
Inherited Hypernyms:guybracestrengthenerdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:guybracestructural membersupportdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.communicationsubject to laughter or ridiculeSynset:blackguard jest at laugh at make fun poke fun rib ridicule roast
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:ridiculerribbingridiculeroastrib
Hypernyms:bemock mock
Inherited Hypernyms:ridiculemocktreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:debunkexposelampoonsatirisesatirizestultifytease
Full Troponyms:debunksatirizestultifyteaseunmask
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun)
vverb.changesteady or support with a guy wire or cableExamples:- The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing
Derivationally Related Form:guy
Hypernyms:brace stabilise stabilize steady
Inherited Hypernyms:guybracestrengthenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something