Shy | Meaning of shy

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shy (adjective)
Easily frightened; timid.

shy (adjective)
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
He is very shy with strangers.

shy (adjective)
Cautious; wary; suspicious.

shy (adjective)
Embarrassed.

shy (verb)
To avoid due to timidness or caution.
I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.

shy (verb)
To jump back in fear.
The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.

shy (verb)
To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
To shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

shy (noun)
An act of throwing.

shy (noun)
A place for throwing.
Coconut shy.

shy (noun)
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

shy (noun)
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

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January 24, 2019

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