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guylike

guylike adjective: characteristic of a guy, a male.

Adjective

guylike (comparative more guylike, superlative most guylike)

  1. (colloquial) Characteristic of a guy, a male.
    • If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained...2009, David Ellis Dickerson, House of Cards

Forms of guylike

comparativemore guylike
superlativemost guylike

Origin of guylike

From guy + -like.

Questions about guylike

What does guylike mean?
Guylike means characteristic of a guy, a male.
What part of speech is guylike?
Guylike is an adjective.

Words near guylike in the dictionary

  1. guykerl
  2. guykerls
  3. guyle
  4. guyled
  5. guyles
  6. guylike
  7. guyline
  8. guyliner
  9. guylines
  10. guyling
  11. guyman

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