shy

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Adjective

1. Easily frightened; [[timid]].
2. [[reserved|Reserved]]; [[disinclined]] to [[familiar]] [[approach]].
3. [[cautious|Cautious]]; [[wary]]; suspicious.
4. {{lb|en|informal}} [[short|Short]], [[insufficient]] or [[less]] than.
5. {{lb|en|UK|US|politics|of a voter}} Less likely to reveal whom they will [[vote]] for than average, chiefly in the context of the collective effect this has on [[polling]] [[accuracy]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[avoid]] due to [[caution#Noun|caution]], [[embarrassment]] or [[timidness]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[jump#Verb|jump]] back in [[fear#Noun|fear]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[throw#Verb|throw]] [[sideways]] with a [[jerk#Noun|jerk]]; to [[fling#Verb|fling]].
4. {{lb|en|Scotland|transitive|intransitive}} To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
5. {{lb|en|Scotland}} To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a [[shinty]] match.

Noun

1. An act of [[throwing]].
2. A place for [[throwing]].
3. A sudden [[start]] [[aside]], as by a [[horse]].
4. In the Eton College [[wall game]], a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the [[calx]].
5. {{lb|en|Scotland|soccer}} A [[throw-in]] from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.
6. {{lb|en|Scotland}} 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.
7. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[gibe]]; a [[sneer]]. <!--Chambers 1908-->

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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