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Shying

To avoid due to timidness or caution.

📖 Definitions of "Shying"

verb
  1. 1

    To avoid due to timidness or caution.

    "I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."

  2. 2

    To jump back in fear.

    "The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse."

  3. 3

    To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

    "shy a slipper"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.

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