ALL meanings of shiest
shi·est
S s - adjective shiest bashful; retiring. 1
- adjective shiest easily frightened away; timid. 1
- adjective shiest suspicious; distrustful: I am a bit shy of that sort of person. 1
- adjective shiest reluctant; wary. 1
- adjective shiest deficient: shy of funds. 1
- adjective shiest scant; short of a full amount or number: still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet. 1
- adjective shiest (in poker) indebted to the pot. 1
- adjective shiest not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals. 1
- verb without object shiest (especially of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear. 1
- verb without object shiest to draw back; recoil. 1
- noun plural shiest a sudden start aside, as in fear. 1
- idioms shiest fight shy of, to keep away from; avoid: She fought shy of making the final decision. 1
- abbreviation SHIEST shy1 0