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shying - What does it mean?

Definition of 'shying'

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.
  • * 1895 , Popular Science (volume 47, number 24, July 1895, page 342)
  • Not that there is anything really inexplicable in these odd directions of childish fear, any more than in the unpredictable shyings of the horse.