Associations to the word «Shy»

SHY, adjective. Easily frightened; timid.

SHY, adjective. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

SHY, adjective. Cautious; wary; suspicious.

SHY, adjective. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.

SHY, adjective. Embarrassed.

SHY, verb. (intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.

SHY, verb. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.

SHY, verb. (transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

SHY, noun. An act of throwing.

SHY, noun. A place for throwing.

SHY, noun. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

SHY, noun. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

SHY AWAY, verb. To draw back in fear, cringe, back down

SHY AWAY FROM, verb. To avoid, evade

SHY BLADDER, noun. (idiomatic) An inability to urinate in the presence of others

SHY BLADDERS, noun. Plural of shy bladder

SHY, noun. A quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman".

SHY, verb. Start suddenly, as from fright.

SHY, verb. Throw quickly.

SHY, adjective. Lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man".

SHY, adjective. Short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen".

SHY, adjective. Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers".