sunshine
IPA: sˈʌnʃaɪn
noun
- The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
- A location on which the sun's rays fall.
- (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.
- A source of cheerfulness or joy.
- The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
- (UK) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
- (UK) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.
- (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
- A surname.
- (slang, uncountable, uncommon) Ellipsis of orange sunshine. [(slang) Lysergic acid diethylamide produced in California in the late 1960s in the form of orange tablets.]
adjective
- (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.
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Examples of "sunshine" in Sentences
- Sunshine would unwrap him.
- Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
- The bright sunshine prickled her eyes.
- All the hills are drenched with sunshine.
- The yellow stripe is symbolic of the sunshine.
- Does it happen in the storm or in the sunshine
- Number of hours of sunshine is the highest in the country.
- It is the first and the last sunshine that visits the heart.
- Light showers alternated with bright sunshine are very congenial to the crop.
- His dream was the azure skies and bright sunshine of Italy, the cradle of art.