shy
IPA: ʃˈaɪ
noun
- An act of throwing.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
- (Scotland, soccer) A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
- (Scotland) In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
- (archaic) A gibe; a sneer.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
- (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
- (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
- (Scotland, transitive, intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
- (Scotland) To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.
adjective
- Easily frightened; timid.
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
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Examples of "shy" in Sentences
- He is the least shy of the group.
- Ponsford was a shy and taciturn man.
- Their personality is shy and skittish.
- Don't be shy in hammering out the kinks
- He is inarticulate and shy around women.
- He actually is easygoing and somewhat shy.
- In Japan, the audience was shy and cautious.
- Gallagher was a shy and retiring man offstage.
- Scripps lived modestly, and was shy and unassuming.
- It is the life saver of a shy person or an introvert.
- Most experts suggest that the term "shy" should not be used as a label.
- William Sears, a well-known author and pediatrician, feels very strongly that the term "shy" should be avoided.
- Lee came into the game one win shy of matching the record set by Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez for the best start to a postseason career.
- V. i.54 (121,7) [as shy, as grave, as just, as absolute] _As shy_; as reserved, as abstracted: _as just_; as nice, as exact: _as absolute_; as complete in all the round of duty.
- No matter how much cash the central bank pumps into the banking system, money isn't circulating to the broader economy as companies and individuals remain shy about borrowing, analysts say.
- They added Anderson to their O-line mix after losing Ogden, took care of rookie passer Joe Flacco, ran the ball solidly with a troika of backs and fell one win shy of reaching the Super Bowl.
- Los Angeles had lost a seventh game to Boston four times previously - but those teams didn't have Bryant, who's just one title shy of Michael Jordan's six rings after winning his second title without Shaquille O'Neal, his partner in the first three.
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