Noun
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a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- guy cable - guy wire - guy rope -
an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day
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an informal term for a youth or man
"a nice guy"
"the guy's only doing it for some doll"
Verb
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steady or support with a guy wire or cable
"The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
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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"
- laugh at - jest at - make fun - poke fun