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a person who works in a school and whose job is to give students advice about college, personal problems, etc.

guide 1Ф / gaid / noun [ count ]

a person who shows other people where to go and tells them about a place

The guide took us around the castle.

a book that tells you about something, or how to do something

a guide to fishing

another word for guidebook a guide to San Francisco guide 2 / gaid / verb ( guides , guid • ing , guid • ed )

to show someone where to go or what to do He guided us through the busy streets to our hotel.

guide • book / ' gaidbuk / ( also guide ) noun

[ count ]

a book that tells you about a place you are visiting We looked in the guidebook to find a place to stay.

guide • linesaw и / ' gaidlainz / noun [ plural ]

official advice or rules on how to do something

The government has issued new guidelines on food safety.

guilt / gilt / noun [noncount]

the bad feeling you have when you know that you have done something wrong

She felt terrible guilt after stealing the money.

the fact of having broken the law The police could not prove his guilt.

—ANTONYM innocence

guilt .у О / 'gilti/ adjective ( guilt • i • er , guilt i • est )

1 If you feel guilty , you feel that you have done something wrong

feel guilty about lying to her.

If you are guilty , you have broken the law He is guilty of murder.

—ANTONYM innocent

guin • ea pig / ' gmi pig / noun [ count ]

a small animal with short ears and no tail, which people often keep as a pet

( general science ) a person who is used in an experiment

gui • tar / gi 'tar / noun [ count ]

( music ) a musical instrument with strings I play the guitar in a band. an electric guitar

► gui • tar • ist / gi 'tarist / noun [ count ] ( music )

a person who plays the guitar

acoustic bass electric

guitar guitar guitar

gulf / gAlf / noun [ count ]

( geography ) a large part of the ocean that has land almost all the way around it the Gulf of Mexico

gull / gAl / noun [ count ]

a large gray or white bird that lives by the ocean

—SYNONYM seagull

gulp / gAlp / verb ( gulps , gulp • ing , gulped )

to eat or drink something quickly

He gulped down a cup of coffee and left.

to swallow because you are scared, surprised, etc. She gulped when the teacher called her name.

► gulpnoun [ count ] She took a gulp of coffee.

gum / gAm / noun

[ count ] Your gums are the hard pink parts of your mouth that hold the teeth.

—Look at the picture at mouth .

[ noncount ] ( also chew • ing gum / ' t|uig gAm / ) a sweet, sticky candy that you keep in your mouth for a long time and bite many times but do not swallow

a pack of gum

gun & / длп/ noun [ count ]

a weapon that shoots out pieces of metal (called bullets ) to kill or hurt people or animals He aimed the gun at the bird and fired.

gun • fire / ' gAnfarar / noun

[noncount]

the act of firing a gun or guns; the sound that this makes We heard gunfire and ran for safety.

gun • man / ' gAnmэn / noun [ count ] ( plural gun • men / ' gAnmэn / ) a man who uses a gun to rob or kill people

gun • point / ' gAnpoint / noun at gunpoint

while threatening someone, or being threatened with a gun He was robbed at gunpoint.

gun • pow • der / ' gAn|paudэr /

[noncount]

powder that explodes. It is used in guns and bombs.

gun • shot / ' gAnJat / noun [ count ]

the firing of a gun or the sound that this makes We heard gunshots.

gu • ru / ' guru ; ' guru / noun [ count ]

( religion ) a leader or teacher in the Hindu religion

( informal ) a person who knows a lot about a subject and whose ideas are followed by many people

a fashion guru

gush / g.\|'/ verb ( gush es , gush • ing , gushed )