- [countable] (informal) a man
- a big/little guy
- a nice/good/lovely/great guy
- a cool/tough/smart guy
- a young guy
- an old guy
- a white/black guy
- The poor guy must have been terrified.
- a Dutch/French/Korean guy
- At the end of the film the bad guy gets shot.
- While the cops should be the good guys, it's much more complex than that.
Extra Examples- Colleagues described the killer as ‘just a regular guy’.
- He seemed like a decent guy.
- It was made by a guy named Alan Webster.
- We all knew guys like him at university.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- decent
- friendly
- funny
- …
- guys[plural] (informal) a group of people of either sex
- Come on, you guys, let's get going!
- [countable] (in the UK) a model of a man dressed in old clothes that is burned on a bonfire on 5 November during the celebrations for Bonfire NightTopics Historyc2, Religion and festivalsc2
- (also guy rope)[countable] a rope used to keep a pole or tent in a secure position Topics Holidaysc2
Word Originsenses 1 to 3 early 19th cent. (in sense (3)): named after Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605.sense 4 late Middle English: probably of Low German origin; related to Dutch gei ‘brail’ and German Geitaue ‘brails’ (small ropes used to bring down the sail or mast of a boat).
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