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Shiny

//ˈʃaɪ.ni// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Reflecting light.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Emitting light.
  3. 3
    Excellent; remarkable. colloquial

    "We're shiny, Okay?"

  4. 4
    Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. obsolete

    "Like distant thunder on a shiny day."

Adjective
  1. 1
    reflecting light wordnet
  2. 2
    having a shiny surface or coating wordnet
  3. 3
    made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that glitters; a trinket. informal
  2. 2
    A deskworker. dated, derogatory, slang
  3. 3
    A desirable collectible.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).

Etymology 2

From shine + -y (noun suffix).

Etymology 3

Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717

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