Meaning of Shy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of throwing.
2. A surname.
3. A place for throwing.
4. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
5. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
6. A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
   Scotland
7. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field.
   Scotland
8. A gibe; a sneer.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“Foker discharged a prodigious bouquet at her, and even Smirke made a feeble shy with a rose, and blushed dreadfully when it fell into the pit”

“If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody.”

“The game had started. A man was chasing the ball, it went out for a shy.”

“coconut shy”

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