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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
gun-shy

1884, originally of sporting dogs, from gun (n.) + shy (adj.).

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gun-shy

a. afraid of guns, or the noise they make.

Usage examples of "gun-shy".

Gun-shy, Cali swallowed any attraction and stuffed it deep within her.

By then, dogs that were gun-shy or showed other behavioral traits that made them unsuitable for combat had already been weeded out.