shiny
English
Etymology
shine + -y
Pronunciation
- enPR: shī'nē, IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
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- Rhymes: -aɪni
Adjective
shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)
- Reflecting light.
- Coordinate terms: glossy, glassy
- Antonyms: dull, flat, matte
- Futurama:
- Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!
- Emitting light.
- Antonym: dark
- (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
- 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132:
- We're shiny, Okay?
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- (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
- 1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]:
- Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
- The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
- 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.
- When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
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Derived terms
- shininess
Related terms
- sunshiny
Translations
reflecting light
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emitting light
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excellent
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Noun
shiny (plural shinies)
- (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
- (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.