Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word good-guy.
Examples
-
Before he got caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (the name of his 2004 book), Ralston, under the good-guy guise of Franco, is shown in Boyle's film to be a helpful, charming and go-for-the-gusto free spirit.
Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours , Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010
-
Before he got caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (the name of his 2004 book), Ralston, under the good-guy guise of Franco, is shown in Boyle's film to be a helpful, charming and go-for-the-gusto free spirit.
Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours, Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010
-
At first, I thought he was going to go good-guy and turn the jewels into the police.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Tom’s Review Forum 2009
-
Before he got caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (the name of his 2004 book), Ralston, under the good-guy guise of Franco, is shown in Boyle's film to be a helpful, charming and go-for-the-gusto free spirit.
Michael Bialas: Denver Film Festival's Bloody Good Show: 127 Hours , Black Swan Michael Bialas 2010
-
To be fair, it's hard to put a lot of life into characters who are mere types — the conniving, career-driven press agent (Katie Cassidy); the lunk-headed, good-guy filmmaker (Michael Rady); the bad-boy bitter rich kid (Shaun Sipos) — and not particularly interesting types, at that.
Make sure you steer clear of this 'Melrose Place' makeover 2009
-
Right now, nobody wants to hear good-guy stories that acquaintances relate about Roethlisberger: Picking up the bill for a holiday feast for Ronald McDonald House residents; footing all expenses for a stranger's birthday dinner party that was taking place close to his own table; buying police dogs for departments that can't afford them.
Fans in Pittsburgh fed up with Big Ben, but Steelers stuck with QB 2010
-
It may be hard to portray a fighter whose style is clearly berserker as the good-guy, but that certainly tells us a lot about his personality; he fights for the purpose of fighting.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Last Man on Mars’ Review Forum 2010
-
And just as happily, they're pulled off by TV's most appealing collection of good-guy cons and thieves.
-
Kemp declares he's ready to meet his maker, and Mitchell is more than happy to oblige, until good-guy werewolf George (now between cycles) stops his pal by reminding him: "They are monsters, not us."
-
Being the classic underdog good-guy that he is, he soon went to an addiction treatment clinic in Happy Valley, Ontario and, with the help of staff, reduced his dose to the smallest amount possible to prevent withdrawal symptoms and his chronic pain.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.