shy: Meaning and Definition of

shy

1. bashful; retiring.
2. easily frightened away; timid.
3. suspicious; distrustful: I am a bit shy of that sort of person.
4. reluctant; wary.
5. deficient: shy of funds.
6. scant; short of a full amount or number: still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet.
7. (in poker) indebted to the pot.
8. not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.
9. to keep away from; avoid: She fought shy of making the final decision.

1. (esp. of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
2. to draw back; recoil.

1. a sudden start aside, as in fear.

shy

1. to throw with a swift, sudden movement: to shy a stone.

1. a quick, sudden throw.
1. a gibe or sneer.
2. a try.