SHY

noun a side throw; a throw; a fling.

2. shy ·superl cautious; wary; suspicious.

3. shy ·noun a sudden start aside, as by a horse.

4. shy ·superl easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

5. shy ·superl reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

6. shy ·adj to start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion;

— said especially of horses.

7. shy ·add. ·adj inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.

8. shy ·vt to throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.