What does shiny mean?

Definitions for shiny
ˈʃaɪ nishiny

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shiny.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shiningadjective

    reflecting light

    "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"

  2. glazed, shinyadjective

    having a shiny surface or coating

    "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"

  3. bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shinyadjective

    made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

    "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"

Wiktionary

  1. shinynoun

    Anything shiny; a trinket.

  2. shinyadjective

    Reflecting light.

  3. shinyadjective

    Emitting light.

  4. shinyadjective

    Excellent; remarkable.

  5. shinyadjective

    bright; luminous; clear; unclouded

    Like distant thunder on a shiny day. uE000100849uE001 Dryden.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Shinyadjective

    Bright; splendid; luminous.

    Etymology: from shine.

    When Aldeboran was mounted high,
    Above the shiney Cassiopeia’s chain,
    One knocked at the door, and in would fare. Fa. Queen.

    The night
    Is shiny, and they say we shall embattle
    By th’ second hour o’ th’ morn. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    While from afar we heard the cannons play,
    Like distant thunder on a shiny day,
    For absent friends we were asham’d to fear. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. shiny

    Shiny refers to an object or surface that reflects light brightly, typically appearing glossy or polished. It suggests a smooth, gleaming, or lustrous quality.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Shiny

    bright; luminous; clear; unclouded

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shiny in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shiny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of shiny in a Sentence

  1. Pete Buttigieg:

    Let's deal with that and not get caught in the shiny objects he's going to throw out.

  2. Paul Nolte:

    We're now on to the next shiny new object and that's earnings season, as long as companies beat earnings estimates, investors will feel comfortable buying stocks.

  3. Michael Collins:

    Being close to the Moon was wonderful, but looking at Earth, it was this tiny little thing, blue and white and very shiny, it projected an aura of great fragility and the more you dig into it, the more you realize how fragile it really is.

  4. Chase Kimmel:

    We observed a shiny little blue bee grabbing the flower and rubbing its head on the top portion of the flower two or three times before moving on to another flower, in reading about this unique behavior we were pretty shocked to see it.

  5. Zeinab Chami:

    They look like the kids I went to college with at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the kids I teach not just because they're Muslim but they have that bright, shiny innocence kids that age have, this was a moment for (my students) to pause and try to comprehend the reality they're going to be stepping into.

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