shiny

comparative shinier · comparative more shiny · superlative shiniest · superlative most shiny

1. Reflecting light.

   Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.

   2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair

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   He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.

   1920, Will Payne, The Scarred Chin, page 130

   Antonyms: dull, flat, matte

2. Emitting light.

   Antonyms: dark

3. colloquialExcellent; remarkable.

   We're shiny, Okay?

   2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132

4. obsoleteBright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

   Like distant thunder on a shiny day.

   1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]

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   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.

   The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)

plural shinies

1. informalAnything that glitters; a trinket.
2. video gamesA desirable collectible.

plural shinies

1. datedderogatoryslangA deskworker.