How many syllables in Shy
Word
Shy
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
shy
Definition
- superl. - Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
- superl. - Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
- superl. - Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- a. - To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said
especially of horses.
- v. t. - To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a
stone; to shy a slipper.
- n. - A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
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