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1. Start suddenly, as from fright
    
2. Throw quickly

1. A quick throw
   "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"

1. Lacking self-confidence
   "stood in the doorway shy and abashed";
   - diffident, timid, unsure
    
2. Short
   "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
    
3. Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things
   "shy of strangers"

Derived forms: shies, shied, shyer, shying, shyest

See also: confidence, deficient, insufficient, wary

Type of: jump, start, startle, throw, wing

Encyclopedia: Shy