Brian, This has confused me because you have created a new physical object, or at least a new name for a physical object. I have never heard nor read of shying a shy, and I cannot find any reference to that usage. English is evolving as we type! This new usage unlikely to be in the Macquarie or any other dictionary, or even in a newspaper. Bob T On 1 February 2010 21:12, Brian Clarke <brianclarke01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I was using 'shy' in its nominative sense of being an object you throw at > a coconut. > Perhaps it's a meaning of which the Macq knows nought because it's not a > media-common usage? > Brian. > > Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> said: > *On**:* Monday, February 01, 2010 2:39 PM > > Since when do you throw a shy, when shy means to throw. > > -- Bob Trussler Phone 0418 661 462