1. bashful; retiring.
2. easily frightened away; timid.
3. suspicious, distrustful, or wary (often used in combination): I am a bit shy of that sort of person.The studio made a huge mistake when they cast a horse-shy actor in the cowboy role.This particular inventor was known to be media-shy.
4. reluctant: She’s never been shy about asking to speak to the manager when she’s unhappy with customer service.
5. deficient: shy of funds.
6. short of a full amount or number; scant: We're still a few dollars shy of our goal.He's pretty tall—just an inch shy of six feet.
7. (in poker) indebted to the pot.
8. not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.

9. (especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
10. to draw back; recoil.

11. a sudden start aside, as in fear.

12. to keep away from; avoid: She fought shy of making the final decision.

1. to throw with a swift, sudden movement: to shy a stone.

2. a quick, sudden throw.
3. Informal.
• a gibe or sneer.
• a try.

1. not at ease in the company of others
2. easily frightened; timid
3. watchful or wary
4. (of a player) without enough money to back his bet
5. (of plants and animals) not breeding or producing offspring freely
6. short (of)
7. showing reluctance or disinclination

8. to move suddenly, as from fear
9. to draw back; recoil

10. a sudden movement, as from fear

1. to throw (something) with a sideways motion

2. a quick throw
3. a gibe
4. an attempt; experiment
5. short for cockshy

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