Definition
| • | Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. |
| • | Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. |
| • | Cautious; wary; suspicious. |
| • | To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. |
| • | To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. |
| • | A sudden start aside, as by a horse. |
| • | A side throw; a throw; a fling. |
