Definitions of shy

The word shy uses 3 letters:hsy.

a. - Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players. ²

superl. - Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. ²

superl. - Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. ²

superl. - Cautious; wary; suspicious. ²

a. - To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. ²

v. t. - To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. ²

n. - A sudden start aside, as by a horse. ²

n. - A side throw; a throw; a fling. ²