shying

Verb

shy (third-person singular simple present shies, present participle shying, simple past and past participle shied)

1. (intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
   • Courts might tend to shy from limiting Congress under such a vague standard.(page 172)

   Synonyms:

   shy away

2. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
   • The horse shied at the unexpected approach of a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms:

   start, startle

3. (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
   • to shy a stone

   Synonyms:

   bowl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling

4. (Scotland, intransitive, transitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match.
5. (Scotland) To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match.

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