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Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things.
John Connolly

Meaning of "shiny" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHINY

shiny  [ˈʃaɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHINY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shiny is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHINY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shiny

Shiny is the debut album from Johannesburg-based indie pop band The Bang. The album was released in September 2005. The album's cover art was designed by Daniel Levi, who has directed music videos for Interpol and Massive Attack. The title Shiny is a reference to Grant Lee Buffalo's album Fuzzy.

Definition of shiny in the English dictionary

The definition of shiny in the dictionary is glossy or polished; bright. Other definition of shiny is worn to a smooth and glossy state, as by continual rubbing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHINY


briny
ˈbraɪnɪ
cordyline
ˌkɔːdɪˈlaɪnɪ
gynae
ˈɡaɪnɪ
gyny
ɡaɪnɪ
heinie
ˈhaɪnɪ
liney
ˈlaɪnɪ
liny
ˈlaɪnɪ
miny
ˈmaɪnɪ
moonshiny
ˈmuːnˌʃaɪnɪ
Phryne
ˈfraɪnɪ
piney
ˈpaɪnɪ
piny
ˈpaɪnɪ
spiny
ˈspaɪnɪ
sunshiny
ˈsʌnˌʃaɪnɪ
tiny
ˈtaɪnɪ
twiny
ˈtwaɪnɪ
viny
ˈvaɪnɪ
whiny
ˈwaɪnɪ
winey
ˈwaɪnɪ
winy
ˈwaɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHINY

shinleaf
shinleaves
shinne
shinned
Shinner
shinnery
shinney
shinnied
shinnies
shinning
shinny
shinny up
shinplaster
shintied
shinties
Shinto
Shintoism
Shintoist
shinty
ship

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHINY

bliny
brainy
Caine Mutiny
destiny
geminy
grainy
hominy
ignominy
Indian Mutiny
jiminy
Manifest Destiny
mutiny
Pliny
rainy
rosiny
satiny
scrutiny
the briny
veiny
villainy

Synonyms and antonyms of shiny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHINY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shiny» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shiny

Translation of «shiny» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHINY

Find out the translation of shiny to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shiny from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shiny» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闪亮的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reluciente
570 millions of speakers

English

shiny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमकदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لامِع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

блестящий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brilhante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চকচকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkilat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glänzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

光った
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빛나는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mengilap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sáng bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பளபளப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चमकदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scintillante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błyszczący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

блискучий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strălucitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στιλπνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blink
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glansig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skinnende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shiny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHINY»

The term «shiny» is very widely used and occupies the 9.114 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHINY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shiny

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10 QUOTES WITH «SHINY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shiny.
1
Michael Aspel
You see these shuffling rows of shiny faces, waiting for their turn, so they're very dedicated to the program and desperate to know what it is they've got - so often, they have no idea.
2
Kage Baker
Let's say you need a perfectly obedient servant who never gets tired, never needs to be paid, and is virtually indestructible. If you're in a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away, you'll just fly off to the local droid auction and pick up one of those shiny gold models with lovely manners.
3
Mark Barrowcliffe
With a rescue dog, you take what's at the centre as long as it roughly fits the bill. When you buy a dog from a breeder, you can choose everything from its personality to how shiny its coat is.
4
Frank Cady
At 24, my head was as shiny as a cue ball on a billiard table. I naturally thought this meant curtains. Actually, I found it helped. When I was too young to play real character parts, they mistook me for older because of the bald noggin. I got juicy roles right from the start.
5
Vivian Campbell
I like my guitars to be kinda worn. I don't like it when they're all shiny.
6
John Connolly
Writers are magpies by nature, always collecting shiny things, storing them away and looking for connections of things.
7
Gabby Douglas
It's very tough for me to focus. I'm like: 'Look, something shiny! No, focus. Oh, there goes a butterfly!'
8
Maureen Dowd
Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you're reading. It is about what you're reading.
9
Tiffany Dupont
I've been told a million times that I should do a Pantene ProV commercial because my hair is really shiny and long and healthy and I have a lot of it.
10
Nadia Giosia
I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHINY»

Discover the use of shiny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shiny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bright Shiny Morning
Palm-lined beaches and gridlock. Shopping sprees and gun sprees. ?á?á Bright Shiny Morning takes a wild ride through the ultimate metropolis, where glittering excess rubs shoulders with seedy depravity.
James Frey, 2008
2
The Shiny Guys
The Shiny Guys is a dark, sometimes funny novel about how fantasy and reality can merge, especially when electricity is involved.
Doug MacLeod, 2012
3
Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of ...
We’ve lost our way, but James Roberts argues that it’s not too late to find it again. In Shiny Objects, he offers us an opportunity to examine our day-to-day habits, and once again strive for lives of quality over quantity.
James A. Roberts, 2011
4
Shiny Objects Marketing: Using Simple Human Instincts to ...
Using simple models, case studies and examples, as well as interviews with marketers, he explains how to put these concepts to work in the real world, analyzing in detail actual marketing programs that were successful because they used ...
David A. LaBonte, 2009
5
Shiny Bayonet
An historical account of the first combat operation of the Vietnam war of the men of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile), 10-14 October 1965.
Michael O. Gregory, 2005
6
Bright, Shiny Skylar
Skylar is very bright and does well in school, except that she has a hard time staying in her seat and waiting to be called on, but a special starry project shows her that she can change.
Valerie Tripp, 2003
7
A fun-shiny day
Funshine Bear comes up with a great idea of how to make caring fun.
Nancy Parent, 2006
8
Shiny Water
Involved in a custody case in which the father is suspected of molesting his two small children but has been granted custody anyway, forensic psychologist Michael Stone is drawn irrevocably into the case when the two children are murdered.
Anna Salter, 1998
9
Unexpected Shiny Things
The people in this book, including the poet/speaker, are conflicted and multi-dimensional: failing, trying again, and, in the meantime, loving as best they can.
Bruce Dethlefsen, 2011
10
Shiny Objects
She got her BA in English and her MFA in writing at Goddard College, taught workshops, won scholarships, and recieved grants and awards for her fiction. her stories have appeared in INTRO and fiction international, and the title story in ...
Dianne Benedict, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHINY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shiny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Real change starts from home, says actress Shiny Doshi
Shiny Doshi, who is playing Sarojini in TV series "Sarojini, Ek Nayi Pehel", says the show embodies the spirit and strength of every contemporary Indian woman. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
Fraser A. Gorman "Shiny Gun" (video) (ft. Courtney Barnett)
Australian singer-songwriter Fraser A. Gorman will be releasing his latest record Slow Gum later this summer, but before the record arrives, he's shared a new ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
3
Shiny” Maya City Was Laid Out on a Grid
QUEENS, NEW YORK—At the Maya site of Nixtun-Ch'ich' in Petén, Guatemala, archaeologist Timothy Pugh of Queens College has found evidence that the ... «Archaeology, May 15»
4
GAME to offer free codes for Shiny Charizard in Pokemon 3DS games
GAME will soon offer consumers a chance to get a free Shiny Charizard in the ... The Shiny Charizard comes holding a Charizardite Y, which allows it to undergo ... «Digital Spy UK, Mar 15»
5
Bus driver Sean Lloyd wins £1.8 million on the lottery after picking …
Sean Lloyd picked up a shiny penny outside a shop in Oldham before heading in to buy a lottery ticket recently. The 48-year-old used his newly-found penny to ... «Metro, Feb 15»
6
You can now find Bender's shiny metal butt in Minecraft
Bender, the lovable, occasionally mean-spirited robot from "Futurama," has been recreated in painstaking detail in the popular crafting game by user propank. «CNET, Jan 15»
7
“Little Boys with Shiny Toys” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings …
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings have a brand new song called “Little Boys with Shiny Toys” that just premiered on Billboard yesterday. The song is a throwback ... «Zumic, Jan 15»
8
ABC presents “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” “Rudolph's Shiny
Rounding out the night is 1976's Rankin/Bass stop-motion favorite Rudolph's Shiny New Year, in which the famous red-nosed reindeer must help Father Time ... «Channel Guide Magazine, Dec 14»
9
Rubicon Project Buys iSocket and Shiny Ads to Automate Ad Buys
Advertising automation firm Rubicon Project RUBI +0.18% has agreed to acquire fellow ad tech providers iSocket and Shiny Ads, the company announced ... «Wall Street Journal, Nov 14»
10
Pokemon X/Y owners can get Shiny Gengar from GameStop today
More competitive Pokemon players may want to pay special attention to this particular promotion, because Pokemon X/Y owners can now pick up a Shiny ... «Shacknews, Oct 14»

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