shiny

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11
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10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈʃaɪ.ni/

Definition of shiny

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Reflecting light.
    “He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.”
    “Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.”
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adj

  1. Reflecting light.
    “He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.”
    “Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.”
  2. Emitting light.
  3. (colloquial)Excellent; remarkable.
    “We're shiny, Okay?”
  4. (obsolete)Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
    “Like distant thunder on a shiny day.”
    “When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.”

noun

  1. (informal)Anything that glitters; a trinket.
  2. A desirable collectible.
  3. (dated, derogatory, slang)A deskworker.

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Etymology

From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).

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