[
  {
    "word": "shy",
    "phonetic": "/\u0283a\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0283a\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/shy-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780375",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An act of throwing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place for throwing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "coconut shy"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sudden start aside, as by a horse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To avoid due to timidness or caution.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To jump back in fear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "shy a slipper"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Easily frightened; timid.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is very shy with strangers."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Cautious; wary; suspicious.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Short, insufficient or less than.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Embarrassed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "audacious",
          "bold",
          "brazen",
          "extroverted",
          "gregarious",
          "outgoing"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy"
    ]
  }
]