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 →

2) guys (informal): people in a group, men and women, especially when talking to them: "Hi, guys!". tree →

3) (UK) A figure of a man burnt on a bonfire on Bonfire Night. tree →

4) A rope that holds a tent or pole steady (guy rope). tree →

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 →
• Come on, guys, let's go! tree →
• Who's the guy in the red hat? tree →
• The good guys always win in the film. tree →
• Tighten the guy ropes so the tent doesn't blow away. tree →
• Thanks, you guys, that was fun. tree →
• (UK) We made a guy for the bonfire. tree →

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.
• "The big guy upstairs" (US, humorous) means God.
• A timer makes turns fair without anyone having to be the bad guy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «guy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.