SkyfireDict

shy   (TTS Sound)

The noun shy has 1 sense

• shy -- (a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman")

The verb shy has 2 senses

• shy -- (start suddenly, as from fright)


• shy -- (throw quickly)

The adj shy has 3 senses

• diffident, shy, timid, unsure -- (lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man")


• shy -- (short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen")


• shy -- (wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers")