User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- gīz, /ɡaɪz/, /gaIz/
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- Homophones: guise
Noun
guys plural- Plural of guy.
- Persons, irrespective of their genders.
- Who are those guys?
- A form of address for a group of male persons or a group of
mixed male and female persons.
- Hi guys!
Synonyms
Extensive Definition
Guy or Guys may refer to:
- Man, in slang
- "Guys", a group of two or more people, originally used to refer to groups of males, now commonly used to refer to any groups, although the singular "guy" might not be used to refer to an individual female
- In Britain, a "guy" is an effigy of Guy Fawkes, who tried to blow up the British Parliament in 1605. See also Guy Fawkes Night.
People
Given name
- Guy Berryman, of the band Coldplay
- Guy Branum, American comedian
- Guy Burnet, English actor who plays Craig Dean on the soap opera Hollyoaks
- Guy Carbonneau, retired French Canadian hockey player and head coach of the Montreal Canadiens
- Guy Chambers, British song-writer of Robbie Williams fame
- Guy Charron, retired French Canadian hockey player and former NHL head coach
- Guy Chouinard, retired French Canadian hockey player
- Guy Debord, French author and filmmaker, Situationist
- Guy Fieri, winner of the second season of The Next Food Network Star
- Guy Goma, who gained fame when he was accidentally interviewed on BBC
- Guy Hebert, retired American hockey goalie
- Guy Lafleur, retired French Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
- Guy Lapointe, retired French Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
- Guy of Lusignan, king-consort of Jerusalem and king of Cyprus
- Guy de Maupassant, French writer and journalist
- Guy Pearce, Australian/English actor; star of many American films including L.A. Confidential, Memento
- Guy Picciotto, of the band Fugazi
- Guy Ritchie, British film director, married to Madonna
- Guy Sebastian, the winner of the first Australian Idol
- Guy Severin, former director of NPP Zvezda
- Guy of Tuscany, Count and Duke of Lucca, and Margrave of Tuscany (915 - 929)
- Guy Verhofstadt, the prime minister of Belgium
- Guy Whatley, American organist
- Guy Whittingham, British footballer, of Aston Villa fame
Surname
- Étienne Guy, surveyor and political figure in Lower Canada
- Fritz Guy, Seventh-day Adventist theologian
- Henry Lewis Guy, British mechanical engineer
- Richard Guy, professor of mathematics, b. 1916
- William Guy, British physician and statistician
Fictional people
- Guy (Final Fight), a character from the Final Fight and Street Fighter games by Capcom
- Sir Guy of Gisborne, a villain in the Robin Hood legend
- Guy Montag, character in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
- Guy Smiley, the host of various game shows on the children's show Sesame Street
- Might Guy, alternately known as Maito Gai (Japanese pronunciation), a character from Naruto
Places
In the United States:Transport
- Guy-Concordia (Montreal Metro), a Montreal metro station
- Guy Motors, the former British bus and truck builder which was acquired by Jaguar
Other uses
- Guy-wire (also guy rope), used to keep a mast, tent or other structure in place against the effects of wind
- Guy (sailing), a rope to control a spar on a sailboat
- Guy (band), a R&B New jack swing group
- Guy (film), from 1997, starring Vincent D'Onofrio in the title role
guys in German: Guy
guys in French: Guy
guys in Korean: 가이
guys in Dutch: Guy
guys in Japanese: ガイ
guys in Swedish: Guy