Usually means: Fearful or hesitant of gunfire.
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  1. gun-shy: Merriam-Webster
  2. gun-shy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gun-shy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gun-shy, gun-shy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gun-shy: Wordnik
  6. gun-shy: Wiktionary
  7. gun-shy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. gun-shy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. gun-shy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. gun-shy: Dictionary.com
  11. Gun-Shy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. gun-shy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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adjective:  Alternative form of gunshy [Afraid to use a gun.]

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