shiny

UK /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ US /ˈʃaɪ.ni/
adj 4noun 3

Definitions

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

Excellent; remarkable.

We're shiny, Okay?

4

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

Anything that glitters; a trinket.

2

A desirable collectible.

noun

1

A deskworker.

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