Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [gahy]
- /gaɪ/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [gahy]
- /gaɪ/
Definitions of guyed word
- noun guyed a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position. 1
- verb with object guyed to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys. 1
- idioms guyed give the guy to, British Slang. to escape from (someone); give (someone) the slip. 1
- noun guyed Fitted with or attached to a guy. 1
- adjective guyed Fitted to serve as a guy. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of guyed
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
First recorded in 1800-10; after Guy Fawkes
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Guyed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
guyed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
guyed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for guyed
noun guyed
- manned — carrying or operated by one or more persons: a manned spacecraft.
- chapped — If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore.
- budded — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- catted — Simple past tense and past participle of cat.
- chummed — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
verb guyed
- satirized — to attack or ridicule with satire.
Antonyms for guyed
verb guyed
- respected — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.