shiny

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   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
   adj

   Excellent; remarkable.

   We're shiny, Okay?

3. 3
   adj

   Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

   Like distant thunder on a shiny day.

4. 4
   adj

   reflecting light

5. 5
   adj

   having a shiny surface or coating

6. 6
   adj

   made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing

7. 7
   adj

   Emitting light.

8. 8
   noun

   Anything that glitters; a trinket.

Etymology

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