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gun-shy
[ guhn-shahy ]
adjective
- frightened by the sound of a gunshot:
a gun-shy bird dog.
- hesitant, wary, or distrustful, especially because of previous unpleasant experience.
gun-shy
adjective
- afraid of a gun or the sound it makes
a gun-shy dog is useless for shooting
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Other Words From
- gun-shyness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gun-shy1
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Example Sentences
France wants to lead the effort jointly with Britain, but the U.K., also gun-shy after the Iraq war, backs the NATO tack.
Attorney General Eric Holder says it will be a priority; Speaker Nancy Pelosi so far has been gun-shy about taking on the issue.
To assume they won't put up a fight is a certain way of making the best troops gun-shy.
My pups are accustomed to the crack of a 22 rifle, as I shoot near them while young, so never have any gun-shy dogs.
Folks in Tascosa ain't a bit gun-shy, an' right now they've got their necks bowed.
You've got three men in yo' posse who could hit a house from inside, the rest being as gun-shy as a school of girls.
Gun-shy investors in Wall Street, and elsewhere too, will have nothing of them.
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