Shying

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo avoid due to timidness or caution.

"I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."

2.verbTo jump back in fear.

"The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse."

3.verbTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

"shy a slipper"

4.nounThe act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.

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