gun-shy

G g

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [guhn shahy]
- /gʌn ʃaɪ/
- /ɡʌn ʃaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [guhn shahy]
- /gʌn ʃaɪ/

Definitions of gun-shy word

adjective gun-shy frightened by the sound of a gunshot: a gun-shy bird dog. 1
adjective gun-shy hesitant, wary, or distrustful, especially because of previous unpleasant experience. 1
adjective gun-shy If someone is gun-shy, they are nervous or afraid. 0
adjective gun-shy afraid of a gun or the sound it makes 0
adjective gun-shy easily frightened at the firing of a gun 0
adjective gun-shy frightened, wary, mistrustful, etc., as because of a previous experience 0

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Origin of gun-shy

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Gun-shy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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gun-shy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.