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gun-shy definition

gun·-shy (-s̸hī′)

adjective

  1. easily frightened at the firing of a gun a gun-shy dog
  2. frightened, wary, mistrustful, etc., as because of a previous experience

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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