Brit. a figure representing the Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes, burnt on a bonfire on 5 November to commemorate a failed plot to blow up Parliament in 1605.
v.
make fun of.
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n.
a rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent.
v.
secure with a guy or guys.
Etymology
ME: prob. of Low Ger. origin; rel. to Du. gei ‘brail’ and Ger. Geitaue ‘brails’.