Guy Fawkesing
Guy Fawkesing is the present participle and gerund of Guy Fawkes.
Meaning of Guy Fawkes
Verb
Guy Fawkes (third-person singular simple present Guy Fawkeses, present participle Guy Fawkesing, simple past and past participle Guy Fawkesed)
- To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
- ... had been “Guy Fawkesing" since early in the morning.189?, The Boy's Own Annual, page 73
- To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
- The burning of a few heretics would be in principle no more repugnant to us than gagging; neither would a little Guy Fawkesing about Westminster, though the latter diversion might come home to honourable members disagreeably.1873, “The Late Attempt at Suicide”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 113, page 496
- To execute by hanging.
- The barber being sure that all were on his side, now dropped his voice into tones sepulchral and solemn, and said slowly and deliberately; “If things don't mend, he must be Guy Fawkesed; Farmer Slade's barn was burnt by accident last Guy Fawkes' day; and no one ever found out who did it; and...1866, Philip Bennett Power, The Ill-used Postman
Questions about Guy Fawkesing
- What is Guy Fawkesing the present participle and gerund of?
- Guy Fawkesing is the present participle and gerund of Guy Fawkes.
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