Guy vs Leg - What's the difference?
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(obsolete and rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
(primarily nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. Also 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.
(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
(archaic) A person of eccentric appearance or dress.
* W. S. Gilbert
(colloquial) A male
(colloquial, in the plural) people
(colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) thing, creature
(colloquial, technology) thing, unit
(informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
* 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, p. 278:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 187:
The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.
(anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
A stage of a journey, race etc.
(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
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One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.
(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist
(UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.
To remove the legs from an animal carcass.
To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.
1000 English basic words
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As nouns the difference between guy and leg
is that guy is a guide; a leader or conductor while leg is the lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.As verbs the difference between guy and leg
is that guy is to equip with a support cable while leg is to put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.As a proper noun Guy
is a given name derived from Germanic.guy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guie.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* guy rope * guy wireEtymology 2
Named from (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.Noun
(en noun)- The lady who dresses like a guy .
- (Charles Dickens)
- A new guy started at the office today.
- Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
- I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?
- The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy .
- This guy''', here, controls the current, and this '''guy , here, measures the voltage.
- Hey, guy , give a man a break, would ya?
Usage notes
* In plural, guys'' is not completely gender-neutral but it may refer to people of either sex in some circumstances and forms; the greeting "''Hey guys'''''" can generally refer to people of either gender. This usage is not always seen as accurate or correct. Referring to a group as "''guys''" usually means a group of men or a mixed-gender group, since describing a group of women as ''guys'', as in "''the could accurately be described as "''a bunch of '''guys'''''" in slang. The usage of the plural ''guys'' in the phrase "''some '''guys chased them away " would generally be assumed to mean men rather than 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.Synonyms
* (US) (man) dude, fella, homey, bro * (British) (man) bloke, geezer, cove, fellow, chap * See alsoAntonyms
* (male) (l) * (male) (l)Derived terms
* bad guy * good guy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * you guysVerb
(en verb)- 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 ).
- Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
See also
* gal English terms of addressleg
English
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* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
- The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
- After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
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- the legs of a chair or table