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{
"term": "guy",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/te/tent.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a man",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **big/little guy**"
},
{
"text": "a **nice/good/lovely/great guy**"
},
{
"text": "a **cool/tough/smart guy**"
},
{
"text": "a **young guy**"
},
{
"text": "an **old guy**"
},
{
"text": "a **white/black guy**"
},
{
"text": "The **poor guy** must have been terrified."
},
{
"text": "a Dutch/French/Korean guy"
},
{
"text": "At the end of the film the **bad guy** gets shot."
},
{
"text": "While the cops should be the **good guys**, it's much more complex than that."
},
{
"text": "Colleagues described the killer as ‘just a regular guy’."
},
{
"text": "He seemed like a decent guy."
},
{
"text": "It was made by a guy named Alan Webster."
},
{
"text": "We all knew guys like him at university."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["decent", "friendly", "funny"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of people of either sex",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Come on, you guys, let's get going!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "(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 Night",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["History", "Religion and festivals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a rope used to keep a pole or tent in a secure position",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Holidays"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡaɪ/",
"audio": "gu/guy/guy__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡaɪ/",
"audio": "gu/guy/guy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "senses 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)."
}