a. | 1. | Easily frightened; timid; | |||
2. | Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. | ||||
3. | Cautious; wary; suspicious. | ||||
4. | Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; | ||||
5. | (Poker) owing money to the pot; - in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot.
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v. i. | 1. | To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; - said especially of horses. | |||
v. t. | 1. | To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; | |||
n. | 1. | A sudden start aside, as by a horse. | |||
2. | A side throw; a throw; a fling. |
Noun | 1. | shy - a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman" |
Verb | 1. | shy - start suddenly, as from fight |
2. | shy - throw quickly | |
Adj. | 1. | shy - lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" |
2. | shy - easily startled or frightened | |
3. | shy - short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" | |
4. | shy - wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers" |