Gun-shy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ʃaɪ|
Brit.
|ˈɡʌnʃaɪ|
adjective
- Being afraid to use a gun.
- Frightened by the sound of gunfire.
- (idiomatic) Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded.
- Alternative spelling of gun-shy.
- Frightened by the sound of gunfire.
- (idiomatic) Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded.
After his last suggestion was laughed at by his colleagues, he was gunshy about making another suggestion.
- Afraid of guns, or the noise they make.- Alternative spelling of gun-shy.
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