Shiny
adjective
Reflecting light and therefore looks bright or gleaming.
She polished the metal until it was shiny.
Often appears as...
- shiny metal
- shiny object
adjective
Used to define an object, surface, or texture that looks new and well maintained.
His car is shiny and has no scratches on it.
Often appears as...
- shiny car
- shiny shoes
adjective
In pop culture, shiny sometimes refers to a rare color variant in video games, particularly used in Pokemon franchise.
I spent hours trying to catch a shiny Pikachu.
Often appears as...
- shiny pokemon
- shiny variant
Usage tips
Informal
Technical
adjective
Reflecting light and therefore looks bright or gleaming.
She polished the metal until it was shiny.
Often appears as...
- shiny metal
- shiny object
adjective
Used to define an object, surface, or texture that looks new and well maintained.
His car is shiny and has no scratches on it.
Often appears as...
- shiny car
- shiny shoes
adjective
In pop culture, shiny sometimes refers to a rare color variant in video games, particularly used in Pokemon franchise.
I spent hours trying to catch a shiny Pikachu.
Often appears as...
- shiny pokemon
- shiny variant
Usage tips
Informal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Light Reflection
The 'shiny' emphasis is on how light bounces off objects, making them appear sparkly.
A shiny diamond ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Grabbing
'Shiny' items often catch your eye quickly because they stand out.
The shiny balloons were the first thing we noticed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleanliness Indicator
Something 'shiny' can imply it is clean and free from dirt or blemishes.
After washing, the glass became shiny.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Reflection
The 'shiny' emphasis is on how light bounces off objects, making them appear sparkly.
A shiny diamond ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Grabbing
'Shiny' items often catch your eye quickly because they stand out.
The shiny balloons were the first thing we noticed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleanliness Indicator
Something 'shiny' can imply it is clean and free from dirt or blemishes.
After washing, the glass became shiny.
Pro Tip 1/3Light Reflection
The 'shiny' emphasis is on how light bounces off objects, making them appear sparkly.
A shiny diamond ring.
Pro Tip 2/3Attention Grabbing
'Shiny' items often catch your eye quickly because they stand out.
The shiny balloons were the first thing we noticed.
Pro Tip 3/3Cleanliness Indicator
Something 'shiny' can imply it is clean and free from dirt or blemishes.
After washing, the glass became shiny.
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Looks aren't everything....
skinnier and you have shinier hair you will be so happy and fabulous and one we're backstage we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that we say it's really amazing to travel and it's amazing to get to work with creative inspired passionate people and those things are true but they're only one
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Hawking's black hole...
this kind of information tells us that an apple is red, round, and shiny. But physicists are more concerned with quantum information. This refers to the quantum properties of all the particles that make up that apple, such as their position, velocity and spin. Every object in the universe is composed
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How do animals see in...
to still find their flowers. Whether eyes are slow, enormous, shiny, or coarse, it's the combination of these biological adaptations that gives nocturnal animals their unique visual powers. Imagine what it might be like to witness through their eyes the world that wakes up when the Sun goes down.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
I really wanted to wear my shiny lip gloss and my girly skirt, but I decided not to. Instead, I wore a very serious, very manly and very ugly suit. Because the sad truth is that when it comes to appearance we start off with men as the standard, as the norm.
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Making the impossible...
the bugs were dive-bombing the printer and jamming up the printer everything was gonna lecture s'ti was surging everything was going on but every day we'd wake up and there's Daniel he's like what's up how's it going big shiny
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Why domestic violence...
and the Wall Street job and his bright shiny future meant so much to him. If you had told me that this smart, funny, sensitive man who adored me would one day dictate whether or not I wore makeup, how short my skirts were,
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3 secrets of resilient...
We seem to live in an age where we're entitled to a perfect life, where shiny, happy photos on Instagram are the norm, when actually, as you all demonstrated at the start of my talk, the very opposite is true. Number two,
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Loch Ness Sightings PIPE...
shiny with the water the same sort of size really many times people have said to me well you must have seen something it was an illusion say no I know I've seen something that can't be explained as far
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
hours after being born and are wonderfully curious that's a nice shiny rock or not maybe some local wildlife is more interesting well everyone else seems to be snoozing anyway that must be the way
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A video game that helps...
and shows that sometimes it is most important to focus on your own well-being first. The boyfriend also tends to camouflage his feelings, so he appears like a lone, shiny white wolf.
Video examples
Looks aren't everything....
skinnier and you have shinier hair you will be so happy and fabulous and one we're backstage we give an answer that maybe makes it seem like that we say it's really amazing to travel and it's amazing to get to work with creative inspired passionate people and those things are true but they're only one
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
this kind of information tells us that an apple is red, round, and shiny. But physicists are more concerned with quantum information. This refers to the quantum properties of all the particles that make up that apple, such as their position, velocity and spin. Every object in the universe is composed
Video examples
How do animals see in...
to still find their flowers. Whether eyes are slow, enormous, shiny, or coarse, it's the combination of these biological adaptations that gives nocturnal animals their unique visual powers. Imagine what it might be like to witness through their eyes the world that wakes up when the Sun goes down.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
I really wanted to wear my shiny lip gloss and my girly skirt, but I decided not to. Instead, I wore a very serious, very manly and very ugly suit. Because the sad truth is that when it comes to appearance we start off with men as the standard, as the norm.
Video examples
Making the impossible...
the bugs were dive-bombing the printer and jamming up the printer everything was gonna lecture s'ti was surging everything was going on but every day we'd wake up and there's Daniel he's like what's up how's it going big shiny
Video examples
Why domestic violence...
and the Wall Street job and his bright shiny future meant so much to him. If you had told me that this smart, funny, sensitive man who adored me would one day dictate whether or not I wore makeup, how short my skirts were,
Video examples
3 secrets of resilient...
We seem to live in an age where we're entitled to a perfect life, where shiny, happy photos on Instagram are the norm, when actually, as you all demonstrated at the start of my talk, the very opposite is true. Number two,
Video examples
Loch Ness Sightings PIPE...
shiny with the water the same sort of size really many times people have said to me well you must have seen something it was an illusion say no I know I've seen something that can't be explained as far
Video examples
Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
hours after being born and are wonderfully curious that's a nice shiny rock or not maybe some local wildlife is more interesting well everyone else seems to be snoozing anyway that must be the way
Video examples
A video game that helps...
and shows that sometimes it is most important to focus on your own well-being first. The boyfriend also tends to camouflage his feelings, so he appears like a lone, shiny white wolf.
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Quote examples
Cafu
It's impossible to put into words. When you see that trophy coming towards you in the hands of the officials... the gold becomes more gold, becomes more shiny than you ever thought. You feel the best in the world. I have no other way to put it into words.
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Aljamain Sterling
American Athlete
We're all fighting for a reason. We're not fighting to just fight. There's got to be some type of reward at the end of the rainbow and that reward is a big, shiny, UFC gold belt. That changes every fighter's life dramatically for the better.
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Zoe Kravitz
American Actress
I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
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Mark Frost
American Novelist
There's such a thing as being a little too perfect - a little too shiny. I know I prefer things that have room to breathe and give you a story, a world, in which you have the room to move around.
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Damian Lewis
English Actor
There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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Paul Pogba
French Athlete
My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems.
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Bill Bailey
English Comedian
I realised that the 'future' is different to how I imagined it. When I was a kid I thought it would be a bright, shiny Tomorrow's World. It isn't.
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Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
We can be shiny and perfect and admired, or we can be real and honest and vulnerable and loved. But we actually do have to choose.
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Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
I can have a job where I get paid to travel around the world in shiny pants. Why would anyone want to do anything else?
Quote examples
Cafu
It's impossible to put into words. When you see that trophy coming towards you in the hands of the officials... the gold becomes more gold, becomes more shiny than you ever thought. You feel the best in the world. I have no other way to put it into words.
Quote examples
Aljamain Sterling
American Athlete
We're all fighting for a reason. We're not fighting to just fight. There's got to be some type of reward at the end of the rainbow and that reward is a big, shiny, UFC gold belt. That changes every fighter's life dramatically for the better.
Quote examples
Zoe Kravitz
American Actress
I think I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
Quote examples
Mark Frost
American Novelist
There's such a thing as being a little too perfect - a little too shiny. I know I prefer things that have room to breathe and give you a story, a world, in which you have the room to move around.
Quote examples
Damian Lewis
English Actor
There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
Quote examples
Paul Pogba
French Athlete
My family always helped me. I had people around me who always pushed me to be the best: my dad, my mum. My dad used to play and coach as well. But I wasn't born with shiny things.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems.
Quote examples
Bill Bailey
English Comedian
I realised that the 'future' is different to how I imagined it. When I was a kid I thought it would be a bright, shiny Tomorrow's World. It isn't.
Quote examples
Glennon Doyle Melton
American Author
We can be shiny and perfect and admired, or we can be real and honest and vulnerable and loved. But we actually do have to choose.
Quote examples
Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
I can have a job where I get paid to travel around the world in shiny pants. Why would anyone want to do anything else?
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