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head-shy

head-shy adjective: of an animal: reluctant to be petted on the head.

Adjective

head-shy (comparative more head-shy, superlative most head-shy)

  1. Of an animal: reluctant to be petted on the head.
    • a head-shy rabbit

Forms of head-shy

comparativemore head-shy
superlativemost head-shy

Questions about head-shy

What does head-shy mean?
Head-shy means of an animal: reluctant to be petted on the head.
What part of speech is head-shy?
Head-shy is an adjective.

Words near head-shy in the dictionary

  1. head-scratchers
  2. head-scratching
  3. head-scratchings
  4. head-shrinker
  5. head-shrinkers
  6. head-shy
  7. Head-Smashed-In
  8. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  9. head-space
  10. head-spaces
  11. head-spinning

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