coy
IPA: kˈɔɪ
noun
- A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
- (military) A company
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice.
- (transitive, obsolete) To calm or soothe.
- (transitive, obsolete) To allure; to decoy.
adjective
- (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
- (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
- Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
- Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
- Soft, gentle, hesitating.
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Examples of "coy" in Sentences
- The article is very coy about this.
- The third paragraph is excessively coy.
- Coy Booth was also a trustee of the seminary.
- Coy and Simms soon joined them in the theater box.
- Coy was born on the Isle of Wight, England in 1951.
- Coy Burn discharges to the River Dee at Milton of Crathes.
- The reader deserves more than our coy silence on the subject.
- There is even distribution of male to female in the town of Coy.
- Regardless of where and when, I’d answer, again coy, “No, I write books.”
- It represents everything that is coy and playful and joyous of the bedroom.
- The youngest member of the band, Coy wrote music for the band but not lyrics.
- Does anyone know why Hillary is appearing on FOX News trying to play the "coy" female?
- It could even be described as coy or described more explicitly by invoking that explicit term
- The wing badge is for people who gone through both Airdrop and Underslung course in 3Tpt, D coy aka ATC.
- I didn't want when you made all those coy, which is to say lying, 8 out of 10 LJers prefer it references.
- It could even be described as coy or described more explicitly by invoking that explicit term "cock-teasing."
- "He struck me as very laid-back, kind of coy and not particularly trustworthy," says Greenspan when I speak to him.
- with november quickly approaching, coy and i have been fervently making plans for our escape to mexico aka coy's 30th birthday vacation bash!
- What tends to happen instead is the kind of coy allusiveness coupled with total transparency of motive you meet, for example, in The Black Star, where our heroes most improbably find a light aircraft in which to escape the overrun city: