Meaning

7 senses
  1. An act of throwing.

  2. A place for throwing.

    coconut shy

  3. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

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

  5. (Scotland)A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.

  6. (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.

  7. (archaic)A gibe; a sneer.

More definitions
  • a quick throw

Examples

832 sentences
  1. Tom is rather shy, isn't he?

    Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko

  2. Tom is pretty shy, isn't he?

    Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko

  3. Tom is quite shy, isn't he?

    Том досить-таки сором'язливий, так? — deniko

    deTom ist ziemlich schüchtern, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  4. Mary is a very shy girl.

    Мері — дуже сором'язлива дівчина. — deniko

    ruМэри очень застенчивая девушка. — odexed

    deMaria ist ein sehr scheues Mädchen. — Yorwba

  5. Tom is a very shy boy.

    Том дуже сором'язливий хлопець. — deniko

    ruТом очень застенчивый мальчик. — marafon

    deTom ist ein sehr schüchterner Junge. — wolfgangth

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).

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Forms

plural: shies
Singularshy
Pluralshies

regular

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • too shy to
  • was too shy
  • was very shy
  • as shy as
  • shy to talk
  • a bit shy
  • a very shy
  • shy boy
  • a little shy
  • shy to do
  • is as shy
  • bit shy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto