different between broke vs guy

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: br?k, IPA^(key): /b???k/
• (General American) enPR: br?k, IPA^(key): /b?o?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Ablauted form of break.

Verb

broke

1. simple past tense of break
2. (archaic, nonstandard or poetic) past participle of break
   • 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company

     Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.

Adjective

broke (not generally comparable, comparative broker or more broke, superlative brokest or most broke)

1. (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.
   • 1665 July 6, Samuel Pepys, Vol. VI, p. 150:

     It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence.

2. (informal) Without any money, penniless.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished

3. (archaic, now informal) Broken.
   • 2011, Mike Major, Fran Devereux Smith, Ranch-Horse Versatility: A Winner's Guide to Successful Rides

     A broke horse tries to do anything I want, and that is expected of any horse.

4. (nautical) Demoted, deprived of a commission.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”).

Noun

broke (plural brokes)

1. (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
   • 1914, The World's Paper Trade Review, Volume 62, page 204:

     Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour.

   • 2014 September 25, Judge Diane Wood, NCR Corp. v. George A. Whiting Paper Co.:

     These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper.

2. (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

References

Etymology 3

Back-formation from broker.

Verb

broke (third-person singular simple present brokes, present participle broking, simple past and past participle broked)

1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another.

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2. (obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
   • And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid.

Etymology 4

Clipping of broke off.

Adjective

broke (comparative more broke, superlative most broke)

1. (slang) Broke off, rich, wealthy

Anagrams

• Borek, Kober, berko, borek

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: g?, IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

Named after Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.

Noun

guy (plural guys)

1. (Britain) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
2. (dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".
   • 1845, Henry Cockton, The Love Match, W.M. Clark, p. 77:

     “But shan’t I look a guy?”

     “Not a bit of it. Jist the very kick!”

   • 1865, Margaret Oliphant, Miss Marjoribanks, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 97, p. 316:

     I am always a perfect guy, whatever I wear, when I sit against a red curtain. You mean say that a woman always knows when she’s good-looking, but I am happy to say I know when I look a guy.

   • 1885, W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, “As Some Day It May Happen”:

     And the lady from the provinces, who dresses like a guy,

     And who “doesn’t think she dances, but would rather like to try” […].

   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 138:

     Why are you so ashamed that her child saw you looking a guy, sprawled on the floor, spilling cakes?

4. (colloquial) A man, fellow.

   Synonyms: dude, fella, homey, bro, bloke, chap; see also Thesaurus:man

   Coordinate terms: gal, broad, dame, girl, jane, woman, bird, chick

   • "Yeah we did," said Stacy.

   • 2016, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian, 9 March:

     Let’s be honest. “Have I kissed too many guys?” is not a question that mature, sexually active women are likely to be asking Google.

5. (especially in the plural) A person (see usage notes).
6. (colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) Thing, creature.
7. (colloquial, figuratively) Thing, unit.

8. (informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.

Usage notes

• In plural, guys may not be completely gender-neutral but it may refer to people of either sex in some circumstances and forms; the greeting “Hey guys”, or any vocative utterance, can generally refer to people of either gender. Referring to a group as “guys” often means a group of men or a mixed-gender group, though usage among American youth may even refer to groups of only women.
• When used of animals, guy usually refers to either a male or one whose gender is not known; it is rarely if ever used of an animal that is known to be female.
• In some varieties of US and Canadian English, you guys revives the distinction between a singular and plural you, much like y'all in other varieties; in this sense, guys may be used for groups of any combination of genders. Cf. usage notes at you guys.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

guy (third-person singular simple present guys, present participle guying, simple past and past participle guyed)

1. (intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
2. (transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
   • 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin 2004, p. 278:

     Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser).

   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 187:

     Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.

3. (theater, transitive) To play in a comedic manner.

Etymology 2

From Old French guie.

Noun

guy (plural guys or (nonstandard) guies)

1. (obsolete, rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
3. (chiefly nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered.
4. (chiefly nautical) A support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge).

Holonyms

• (nautical): cordage

Derived terms

• guy rope
• guy wire

Translations

Verb

guy (third-person singular simple present guys, present participle guying, simple past and past participle guyed)

1. To equip with a support cable.

Translations

See also

• gal

References

• guy at OneLook Dictionary Search
• guy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• yug

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English guy.

Noun

guy m (plural guys, diminutive guytje n)

1. (informal, chiefly Netherlands) guy

   Synonyms: gozer, gast, kerel, sjarel

See also

• boy