ˈdɪfɪdənt ʃaɪ

ʃaɪ ʃaɪ ˈtɪmɪd a quick throw he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things shy of strangers lacking self-confidence stood in the doorway diffident and abashed problems that call for bold not timid responses a very unsure young man throw quickly start suddenly, as from fright short eleven is one shy of a dozen