What does Shifty mean?

Definitions for Shifty
ˈʃɪf tishifty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. devious, shiftyadjective

    characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

    "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

  2. shifting, shiftyadjective

    changing position or direction

    "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

Wiktionary

  1. shiftyadjective

    Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.

    He was a shifty character in a seedy bar and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.

  2. shiftyadjective

    Subject to frequent changes in direction.

ChatGPT

  1. shifty

    Shifty refers to someone or something characterized by a deceitful, evasive, or unreliable nature. This can include unpredictable changes, untrustworthy actions, or an overall appearance of dishonesty.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shiftyadjective

    full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shifty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Shifty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Shifty in a Sentence

  1. Harry S Truman:

    Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar, and the people know it. He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Nancy Pelosi knew of all of the many Shifty Adam Schiff lies and massive frauds perpetrated upon Congress and the American people.

  3. P. G. Wodehouse:

    ...the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.

  4. Paul LePage:

    These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty, these types of guys. They come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, and they go back home, incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue that we've got to deal with down the road.

  5. President Donald Trump:

    Shifty Schiff is Shifty Schiff, shifty Schiff took my words on the phone call and they were so good. Shifty Schiff totally changed them.

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Translations for Shifty

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  • skummelDanish
  • zwielichtigGerman
  • fuyant, louche, sournoisFrench
  • voltagabbana, sfuggente, banderuola, sfuggevole, subdolo, giravolta, equivocoItalian
  • lömsk, skumSwedish

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