shiny

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Pronunciation

• enPR: shī'nē, IPA: /ˈʃaɪni/

Adjective

shiny (comparative shinier, superlative shiniest)

1. Reflecting light.
   • Futurama:

     Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!

2. Emitting light.
3. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
4. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
   • The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)

     When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
     Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
     Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
     Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.

Translations

• German: glänzend
• Portuguese: reluzente
• Russian: блестя́щий
• Spanish: refulgente

Translations

• German: leuchtend, funkelnd
• Portuguese: brilhante
• Spanish: brillante

Translations

• German: wunderbar

Noun

shiny (plural shinies)

1. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
2. (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a desk worker.

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