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shy
has definitions from the field of sport
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[ adjective ] lacking self-confidence
Examples "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed" "problems that call for bold not timid responses" "a very unsure young man" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)To be passive , to be girlishly shy was palpably absurd . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] easily startled or frightened
Used in print (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)Again among those jubilantly reunited bunkmates , I was shy with Jessie and acted as I had during those early Saturday mornings when we all seemed to be playing_for_effect , to be detached and unconcerned with the girls who were properly our dates but about whom , later , in the privacy of our bunks , we would think in_terms_of the most elaborate romance . Related terms |
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[ verb ] start suddenly, as from fight
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The horse shied at the dreadful thing and flared its nostrils . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13408
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[ adjective ] (informal) short
Examples "eleven is one shy of a dozen" Related terms |
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[ verb ] throw quickly
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[ adjective ] wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
Examples "shy of strangers" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport) a quick throw
Examples "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" Related terms |
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