guy
/ɡaɪ/ noun A1- A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
- A man or boy; a fellow.
- A person (see usage notes).
- Anything seen to have character and personality, such as an animal or a toy. · The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy.
- dude, Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man. · Hey, guy, give a man a break, would ya?
- Thing, item (term that can be used to refer to any entity) · This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.· This guy is the partial derivative of that guy with respect to x.
Plural guys
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However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
“Tell that guy on the other bench,” she said, with a happy, tremulous laugh, “that his girl wants him.”
It would have been easy enough, but I'm a soft-hearted guy that can't begin shooting unless the other man has a gun also.
If yer don’t know de guy, and he’s tryin’ to do de Johnny act, say de word, and I’ll call a cop in t’ree minutes.
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