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# guy

«guy» in Mova's school dictionary: **A man** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a guy, guys)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#m1)

2) guys (informal): people in a group, men and women, especially when talking to them: "Hi, guys!". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#m2)

3) (UK) A figure of a man burnt on a bonfire on Bonfire Night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#m3)

4) A rope that holds a tent or pole steady (guy rope). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Very common in casual speech in the USA, Canada, Australia and everywhere: "he's a nice guy", "come on, guys". Phrases: you guys, nice guy, good guy, bad guy, guy rope.

### examples

- He's a really nice guy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x1)
- Come on, guys, let's go! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x2)
- Who's the guy in the red hat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x3)
- The good guys always win in the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x4)
- Tighten the guy ropes so the tent doesn't blow away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x5)
- Thanks, you guys, that was fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x6)
- (UK) We made a guy for the bonfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/#x7)

### note

Informal; in formal writing say "man" or "person". "You guys" can include girls. In a maths problem "3 guys and 2 girls" means 5 people.

### In the corpora

- [gāi wǒ le («GUY waw luh») means my turn; grabbing while you say it starts a quarrel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/13-in-the-playground/11/)
- ["The big guy upstairs" (US, humorous) means God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/15/)
- [A timer makes turns fair without anyone having to be the bad guy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/397-whose-turn-is-it/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «guy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/guy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.