ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : afraid of the sound of a gun or of similar loud noises — used especially of a dog
2. : afraid or markedly distrustful
if you are a big-league player, you cannot very well afford to be gun-shy and duck away in panic from a ball — Paul Gallico
was gun-shy of newspaper reporters — Charles Michelson
the son of a bewildered age, gun-shy of propaganda — Dixon Wecter