"shiny" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Berrely-shiny.wav [UK], en-us-shiny.ogg [US] Forms: shinier [comparative], more shiny [comparative], shiniest [superlative], most shiny [superlative]
enPR: shī'nē Rhymes: -aɪni Etymology: shine + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shine|y}} shine + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)
  1. Reflecting light. Translations (reflecting light): بَرَّاق (barrāq) (Arabic), لَامِع (lāmiʕ) (Arabic), parlaq (Azerbaijani), ялтыр (yaltır) (Bashkir), блестящ (blestjašt) (Bulgarian), lluent (Catalan), 有光澤的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有光泽的 (yǒu guāngzé de) (Chinese Mandarin), glanzend (Dutch), glimmend (Dutch), kiiltävä (Finnish), brillant [masculine] (French), glänzend (German), lonrach (Irish), luccicante (Italian), lơluih (Jarai), ភ្លឺចាំង (phlɨɨ-cang) (Khmer), dzidrs (Latvian), gaišs (Latvian), spodrs (Latvian), spīdīgs (Latvian), spožs (Latvian), гөлгөр (gölgör) (Mongolian), چیل (çil) (Ottoman Turkish), درخشان (deraxšân) (Persian), blank (Plautdietsch), blenkjrich (Plautdietsch), błyszczący (Polish), reluzente (Portuguese), strălucitor (Romanian), блестя́щий (blestjáščij) (Russian), gleansach (Scottish Gaelic), reluciente (Spanish), refulgente (Spanish), skinande (Swedish), glittrande (Swedish), parlak (Turkish), pëlëkënë (Waigali)
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-adj-W9aUvPH8 Disambiguation of 'reflecting light': 88 10 0 2
  2. Emitting light. Translations (emitting light): светещ (svetešt) (Bulgarian), brillant (Catalan), 閃光的 (Chinese Mandarin), 闪光的 (shǎnguāng de) (Chinese Mandarin), loistava (Finnish), brillant [masculine] (French), leuchtend (German), funkelnd (German), brillante (Italian), luminoso (Italian), splendente (Italian), چیل (çil) (Ottoman Turkish), brilhante (Portuguese), brillante (Spanish), lysande (Swedish), ışıldayan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-adj-yPTiQkF4 Disambiguation of 'emitting light': 10 86 0 4
  3. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable. Tags: colloquial Translations (excellent): блестящ (blestjašt) (Bulgarian), brillant (Catalan), loistava (Finnish), wunderbar (German), brillante (Italian), 出众 (chūzhòng) (Mandarin), fevkalade (Turkish), olağanüstü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-adj-3A5KXVkK Disambiguation of 'excellent': 0 0 100 0
  4. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-adj-ldtAH8sq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gleamy, glisteny, mirrorlike, mirrory, relucent [poetic], shining, shiny, zazzy [slang] Hypernyms: reflective Hyponyms: glossy, silvered, retroreflective Derived forms: bite my shiny metal ass, bright shiny object, shinily, shininess, shiny cowbird, shiny-floor Related terms: sunshiny, specular

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃaɪ.ni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Berrely-shiny.wav [UK], en-us-shiny.ogg [US] Forms: shinies [plural]
enPR: shī'nē Rhymes: -aɪni Etymology: shine + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shine|y}} shine + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} shiny (plural shinies)
  1. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-noun-o5AIBWo~
  2. (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang Alternative form of: disparaging term (extra: "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717)
    Sense id: en-shiny-en-noun-WD~CS9ml Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 1 13 1 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 6 14 1 12 7 59

Inflected forms

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      "word": "dull"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "glossless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "matt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "matte"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "mirrorless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "nonshiny"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "opaque"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
      "word": "sheenless"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:shiny",
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      "word": "bright shiny object"
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "shiny cowbird"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "comparative"
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      "word": "silvered"
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      "word": "retroreflective"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "sunshiny"
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        "Reflecting light."
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          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "barrāq",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "بَرَّاق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lāmiʕ",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "لَامِع"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "parlaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yaltır",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "ялтыр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "blestjašt",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "блестящ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "lluent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "有光澤的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu guāngzé de",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "有光泽的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "glanzend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "glimmend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "kiiltävä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brillant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "glänzend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "lonrach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "luccicante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "jra",
          "lang": "Jarai",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "lơluih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phlɨɨ-cang",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "ភ្លឺចាំង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "dzidrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "gaišs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "spodrs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "spīdīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "spožs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "gölgör",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "гөлгөр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çil",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "چیل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "deraxšân",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "درخشان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "blank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "blenkjrich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "błyszczący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "reluzente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "strălucitor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blestjáščij",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "блестя́щий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "gleansach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "reluciente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "refulgente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "skinande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "glittrande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "parlak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 10 0 2",
          "code": "wbk",
          "lang": "Waigali",
          "sense": "reflecting light",
          "word": "pëlëkënë"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dark"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Emitting light."
      ],
      "id": "en-shiny-en-adj-yPTiQkF4",
      "links": [
        [
          "Emitting",
          "emit"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svetešt",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "светещ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "brillant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "閃光的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǎnguāng de",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "闪光的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "loistava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brillant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "leuchtend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "funkelnd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "brillante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "luminoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "splendente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çil",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "چیل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "brilhante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "brillante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "lysande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 86 0 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "emitting light",
          "word": "ışıldayan"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, page 132",
          "text": "We're shiny, Okay?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Excellent; remarkable."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Excellent",
          "excellent"
        ],
        [
          "remarkable",
          "remarkable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Excellent; remarkable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "blestjašt",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "блестящ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "brillant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "loistava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "wunderbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "brillante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Mandarin",
          "roman": "chūzhòng",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "出众"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "fevkalade"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excellent",
          "word": "olağanüstü"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]",
          "text": "Like distant thunder on a shiny day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)",
          "text": "When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire\nFull well I served my master for nigh on seven years\nTill I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear\nOh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded."
      ],
      "id": "en-shiny-en-adj-ldtAH8sq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "luminous",
          "luminous"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "unclouded",
          "unclouded"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃaɪ.ni/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪni"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excellent",
      "word": "olağanüstü"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shiny"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Latin translations",
    "Requests for review of Tagalog translations",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪni",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪni/2 syllables"
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anything shiny; a trinket."
      ],
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        [
          "shiny",
          "shiny"
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        [
          "trinket",
          "trinket"
        ]
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        "(informal) Anything shiny; a trinket."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "\"shiny arses\", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717",
          "word": "disparaging term"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of disparaging term \"shiny arses\", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717"
      ],
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          "World War Two",
          "World War Two"
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          "desk worker",
          "clerical"
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        "(slang) Contraction of disparaging term \"shiny arses\", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃaɪ.ni/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪni"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Berrely-shiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Berrely-shiny.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/82/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Berrely-shiny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Berrely-shiny.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-shiny.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-us-shiny.ogg/En-us-shiny.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-shiny.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "shī'nē"
    }
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  "word": "shiny"
}

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