SHINY
What does "SHINY" mean?
Reflecting light because of a bright, polished, or glossy surface.
Meanings
- Having a smooth surface that reflects light; bright and gleaming. He drove up in a shiny new car still smelling of the showroom.
- Worn smooth and glossy through long use, especially of cloth. His old jacket had gone shiny at the elbows.
- New, exciting, and attention-grabbing, often superficially so. The team kept chasing every shiny new feature instead of fixing the basics. figurative
Word origin
From the noun 'shine' (Old English 'scinan', to shine) plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y'; in use since the late 16th century.
Remember it
SHINY is SHINE with the E swapped for Y - the light keeps going, the spelling just changes its tail.
A little poem
The crow chose the foil over the bread-
shiny outvoted useful in its head.
couplet
Wordplay
- The magpie went to therapy. The diagnosis: easily distracted by every shiny thing - including the diagnosis.
What it teaches
Shiny is a promise the surface makes; check whether the inside ever signed it.
Quick facts
What does SHINY mean?
Reflecting light because of a bright, polished, or glossy surface.
Is SHINY a valid word?
Yes — SHINY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHINY?
SHINY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SHINY come from?
From the noun 'shine' (Old English 'scinan', to shine) plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y'; in use since the late 16th century.
What can SHINY teach us?
Shiny is a promise the surface makes; check whether the inside ever signed it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.