Gunshy

Word GUNSHY
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɡʌn.ʃaɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Gunshy"

What do we mean by gunshy?

Afraid to use a gun.

Frightened by the sound of gunfire.

Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded.

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The word "gunshy" in example sentences

My dad has used the airgun on up step to cure a couple dogs he has had that were "gunshy" over the years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You rarely respond because you KNOW how stupid you are and have gotten so many EPIC buttkickings here you are gunshy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While either one that is gunshy will not make a great hunting dog either way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My beagle chases rabbits which is basically the same as pointing birds and I have shot over her and she is nowhere near gunshy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He isn't gunshy - clearly has training, but was tossed for some reason or another. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a weakness, both in person and in narrative, to dick around and be gunshy of every little experience. ❋ Yuki_onna (2010)

On his way home ..... as gunshy as a dog could be! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Obama's last debate didn't spoon feed him so he's a bit gunshy on the tough questions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I like that he is absolutely putting everything he has into this but I think he is gunshy because of Firefly and also Studio interference. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think Whedon is gunshy and may be over-thinking this. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The multiple disasters that this will cause include pushing already troubled lenders out of business, gunshy investors will pull their money out of the Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) market just as fast as they can (further drying up private mortgage funding), foreign lenders will not only tighten up or pull out they may also take legal actions to forestall the plan or sue borrowers for the difference. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As for the ugliness, McCain's team might be a little gunshy to attack Obama in the old ways as the liar meme is gelling nicely. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our problem as a party had been that we compromised our beliefs and were gunshy in presenting our ideas to the voters for fear of them not liking the ideas. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was going to call him a troll but got gunshy because Hinz gave me grief the other day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After four seasons as the super-confident leader of investigations in the field, it was interesting to see a more subdued Booth trying to exude the same confidence but believably gunshy at times–especially around Brennan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It might be about her age, but I think I'm a little gunshy after planning out events that I think she's going to love and then it turns out it's just not her day to love it. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

And if you don't mind, I will take the opportunity to air a related pet peeve of mine: when people, gunshy of using the objective pronoun, but sensing that the subjective one is not right, decide to punt and ditch them both in favor of the reflexive pronoun (which here would read: "between himself and Hillary"). ❋ Unknown (2009)

And whether his staff will become a little too gunshy when it really counts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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