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English

Adjective

gud

1. Nonstandard spelling of good.

Usage notes

May be used by advocates of English spelling reform.

Anagrams

• UDG, dug

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse guð (“god”), from Proto-Germanic *gud?. Cognate with English god and German Gott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???uð]
• Rhymes: -uð

Noun

gud c (singular definite guden, plural indefinite guder)

1. (religion) god, God (deity, supernatural being)
2. a mild swear word

Declension

Usage notes

• As the name of the sole deity in monotheistic religion, it is used without the article and usually written with a capital G.

Derived terms

References

• “gud” in Den Danske Ordbog

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English good.

Adjective

gud

1. good

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse goð, guð, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.

Noun

gud m (definite singular guden, indefinite plural guder, definite plural gudene)

1. god

Derived terms

References

• “gud” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse goð, guð, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós. Akin to English god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d/

Noun

gud m (definite singular guden, indefinite plural gudar, definite plural gudane)

1. god

Derived terms

References

• “gud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse guð, from Proto-Germanic *gud?, from Proto-Indo-European *??utós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Noun

gud c (feminine: gudinna)

1. a god

Declension

Derived terms

References

• gud in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• dug

Volapük

Etymology

From English good.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ud/, [?ud]

Noun

gud

1. goodness

Declension

Derived terms

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English god, from Old English god, from Proto-West Germanic *god.

Noun

gud

1. god

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

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