5 Letter Words That Start With GU

guide

Noun : Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Noun : A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Verb : To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.

guile

Noun : (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.

Noun : Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.

Verb : To deceive, beguile, bewile.

guise

Noun : An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.

Noun : A misleading appearance; a cover, a cloak.

Noun : A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

guilt

Noun : Responsibility for wrongdoing.

Noun : Regret for having done wrong.

Noun : (law) The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.

gully

Noun : A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Noun : A small valley.

Noun : (UK) A drop kerb.

gulch

Noun : A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Verb : (obsolete) To fall heavily.

guard

Noun : A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

Verb : (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

Verb : (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

gutsy

Adjective : (informal) Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts.

Adjective : (of the voice) From the gut; deep and often coarse.

gusto

Noun : Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor.

Noun : (Of art) The style in which a work is done, artistic style. (occasionally) the prevailing style in matters of taste.

Noun : (rare) An individual's fondness or liking of a particular flavour

guest

Noun : A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

Noun : A patron or customer in a hotel etc.

Noun : An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast.

gulag

Noun : (historical) Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).

Noun : (by extension) A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners.

Noun : (by extension) (also figuratively) A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed.

guild

Noun : A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

Noun : (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Noun : A corporation.

gurge

Verb : (obsolete) To swallow up.

Noun : (obsolete outside heraldry) Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”). [(rare) A whirlpool.]

gushy

Adjective : Gushing; effusive and often emotional.

Adjective : (uncommon) Tending to gush, to produce a large flow of liquid.

gummy

Adjective : Resembling gum (the substance).

Adjective : Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

Noun : (usually in the plural) A gummi candy.

gusty

Adjective : Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.

Adjective : (figuratively) Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.

Adjective : (figuratively) Bombastic, verbose.

gutty

Adjective : Gutsy; brave.

Adjective : Having a prominent gut.

Adjective : (heraldry) Charged or sprinkled with drops.

gumph

Noun : (uncountable, slang) Nonsense.

Noun : (uncountable) Gumption; grit.

Noun : A foolish person; a gump.

gumbo

Noun : (countable) A soup or stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strong stock, meat or shellfish, a thickener (often okra), and the "Holy Trinity" of celery, bell peppers, and onions.

Noun : (countable) Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.

Noun : (uncountable) A fine silty soil that when wet becomes very thick and heavy.

guppy

Noun : A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).

Noun : (by extension) Any tiny fish.

Noun : (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.

gunny

Noun : (uncountable) A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.

Noun : (countable, informal) A gunnery sergeant.

Noun : (countable) Clipping of gunny sack [A sack made from burlap, used for agricultural produce.]

gunge

Noun : (UK, Ireland) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.

Verb : (often with up) To clog with gunge.

Verb : (British) To cover with gunge.

gular

Adjective : (chiefly zoology) Particularly of an animal: of, pertaining to, or located at the gula (“the upper front of the neck next to the chin”) or the throat.

Noun : (zoology) A plate or scale in the throat region of the body of a fish or reptile (especially a snake).

Noun : (India) Synonym of cluster fig (“Ficus racemosa, a species of plant in the family Moraceae; the edible fruit of this plant”).

guara

Noun : A maned wolf, of species Chrysocyon brachyurus (syn. Canis jubatus), native to much of subtropical central South America, east of the Andes.

Noun : A bird, the scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber, native to the tropical Atlantic coast of South America.

gusts

Noun : A strong, abrupt rush of wind.

Noun : (by extension) Any rush or outburst (of water, emotion, etc.).

Verb : (intransitive, transitive) To blow in gusts.

guava

Noun : Its yellowish tropical fruit, globular or pear-shaped with thin, yellow, green or brown skin, is often made into jams and jellies.

Noun : A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

Noun : A medium reddish-pink color, like that of guava flesh (also called guava pink).

guess

Verb : To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

Verb : (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

Verb : (chiefly US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

guano

Noun : Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.

Verb : (transitive) To fertilize (land) with guano.

Noun : Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.

guyot

Noun : (oceanography) A flat-topped seamount.

Noun : A surname from French.

guido

Noun : A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Guy.

Noun : (slang, US, ethnic slur) A stereotypical working-class or lower-class and usually urban-dwelling Italian-American male; sometimes more generally a stereotypical Italian or person of Italian descent.

Noun : (US, aerospace, slang) A guidance officer.

guyed

Adjective : Fitted with or attached to a guy.

Adjective : Fitted to serve as a guy.

gurus

Noun : (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.

Noun : In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.

Noun : (India) Any general teacher (as a term of respect).

gulph

Verb : Alternative form of gulf. [(transitive) To engulf.]

Noun : (hypercorrect) Obsolete spelling of gulf. [A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.]

gulpy

Adjective : Inclined to gulp.

gunky

Adjective : (colloquial) greasy, messy or dirty.

guige

Noun : A strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.

guage

Noun : Misspelling of gauge. [A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard]

gumba

Noun : (US, slang) Alternative form of goombah. [(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent (often implies the person is connected to Italian organized crime)]

Noun : Alternative form of goombay. [(music, dance, Bahamas, countable) A type of traditional Bahamian drum.]

gules

Adjective : (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.

Noun : (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

gutta

Noun : (medicine, dated) A drop (of liquid, especially a medication).

Noun : (architecture) A small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave of the Doric order in classical architecture.

Noun : A small round spot of colour.

gum up

Verb : (transitive) To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

Verb : (intransitive) To become gooey or gummy.

gupta

Noun : An Indian surname.

gurry

Noun : Fishing offal.

Noun : (India) A small fort.

Noun : (now dialectal) Diarrhoea.

guaco

Noun : Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.

gulfy

Adjective : Characterized by or full of gulfs or whirlpools.

gulps

Verb : To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

Noun : The usual amount swallowed.

Noun : The sound of swallowing, sometimes indicating fear.

gumby

Noun : (climbing, slang, sometimes derogatory) An inexperienced climber.

gulfs

Noun : (geography) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea

Noun : (figurative) A wide interval or gap; a separating space.

Noun : (figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

gulty

gunch

Verb : (pinball) To maneuver one's body while playing, in an attempt to influence the path of the ball.

gurts

Noun : (UK, dialect, West Country, Devon, dated) groats; hulled grain

gunda

Noun : Alternative form of goonda. [(South Asia, colloquial) A hired thug.]

gungy

Adjective : Having the texture or feel of gunge; gooey or gunky.

gunga

Noun : Dated form of ganja. [(especially India, Singapore, Caribbean) Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.]

gurly

Adjective : (Scotland) Unfriendly, irritable, surly.

Adjective : (Scotland) Fierce and stormy.

Adjective : Alternative form of girly. [Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.]

guber

Adjective : (Nigeria, politics) Clipping of gubernatorial. [Of or pertaining to a governor or the office of governor.]

gujar

Noun : A member of a nomadic community of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Noun : A surname from India.

Noun : A male given name of Indian usage.

gunna

Noun : a 2005 Indian Kannada-language romantic action drama film directed by Dwarki featuring Mayur Patel and Chaitra Hallikeri in the lead roles.

Noun : Sergio Giavanni Kitchens (born June 14, 1993), known professionally as Gunna, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.

guapo

Noun : Alternative form of gwop. [(African-American Vernacular, MTE, MLE, slang) money, moola]

gucky

Adjective : (slang) Resembling or covered in muck or goo.

gunja

Noun : A municipality of Croatia.

Noun : (Australian Aboriginal) Pronunciation spelling of ganja. [(especially India, Singapore, Caribbean) Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.]

guzla

Noun : Alternative spelling of gusle. [(music) A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.]

gugel

Noun : (historical) A type of hood with a liripipe (a trailing point), popularly worn in medieval Germany.

Noun : A surname.

gulet

Noun : Alternative form of goelette. [A schooner.]

gural

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of goral. [A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus.]

guale

Noun : A member of a historic Native American tribe of the North American Sea Islands.

Noun : The language of this tribe.

gurls

Noun : (LGBTQ slang) Term of address between cis gay men, transgender women, or drag queens.

Noun : (LGBTQ) A trans girl or woman.

Verb : (Scotland, Ireland) To growl or snarl.

gusht

Verb : Obsolete spelling of gushed.

gumma

Noun : (pathology) a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.

Noun : Alternative form of Gunma. [A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Maebashi.]

gussy

Verb : (chiefly US) To dress up or decorate in a showy way.

Noun : (Internet slang, vulgar, humorous) The vagina of a woman.

Noun : (Internet slang, vulgar, humorous, LGBTQ) The anus of a woman, especially but not exclusively a trans woman.

gulls

Noun : (soccer, informal) Torquay United F. C., a football club from Torquay, England.

guelf

Noun : Alternative spelling of Guelph. [(historical, politics) In the politics of medieval Italian city states, any member of a faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the Holy Roman Emperor.]

guana

Noun : (archaic) An iguana.

Noun : An ethnic group in Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil.

Noun : A language of the Paraguayan Chaco.

guama

Noun : (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) maternal grandmother; maternal grandma

guiro

Noun : (music) A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.

Noun : (music) A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals.

Noun : Synonym of sekere.

guida

Noun : A surname.

guyon

Noun : A surname from French.

guevi

Noun : (zoology) Any pygmy antelope of the genus Cephalophus, the duikers, of Africa.

guiac

Noun : Alternative form of guaiac. [(medicine) A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.]

gulas

Noun : The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.

Noun : (zoology) A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.

Noun : (architecture) A capping moulding; a cymatium.

gummi

Noun : A candy made of this material.

Noun : A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.

Noun : A cannabis-infused gummi candy.

gundi

Noun : Any of the several North African rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

gundy

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (India) A true bug (genus Leptocorisa), known for being a pest on rice and for its unpleasant smell.

Noun : (Trinidad and Tobago) A front claw of a crab.

gurmy

gurps

Noun : (gaming) Initialism of Generic Universal RolePlaying System.

guion

Noun : A surname from French.

gunby

Noun : A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Noun : A hamlet in Bubwith parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7135).

Noun : A hamlet in Candlesby with Gunby parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4766).

guans

Noun : Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

Noun : A surname.

guist

Verb : Obsolete form of joust. [To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.]

guyle

Noun : Obsolete form of guile. [(uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.]

Verb : Obsolete form of guile. [To deceive, beguile, bewile.]

guidi

Noun : A surname from Italian.

guinn

Noun : A surname.

guoyu

Noun : The standardized spoken Chinese language, also referred to as Standard Mandarin. The term remains in common use in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and colloquially in Hong Kong (along with Putonghua). In mainland China, Guoyu or Taiwan Guoyu is used to refer to Taiwanese Mandarin (standard), as opposed to mainland standard Mandarin.

Noun : (historical) The language the Emperor of China spoke.

gurka

Noun : A surname.

guyer

Noun : A surname.

guasa

Noun : The jewfish, Epinephelus itajara.

gucci

Noun : An item sold by the fashion house Gucci.

Adjective : (hip-hop slang) Good; copacetic

Noun : A surname from Italian.

guimp

Verb : (sewing, textiles) Alternative form of gimp. [(sewing, textiles) Of yarn, cord, thread, etc., to wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.]

Noun : Alternative form of guimpe. [Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.]

gumps

Noun : an acronym widely used by retractable gear aircraft pilots as a mental checklist to ensure nothing critical has been forgotten before landing.

gueux

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