shifty
English
/ˈʃɪfti/
adj
Definitions
- Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- (of a person's eyes) Moving from one object to another, not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
- Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
- Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
Etymology
Suffix from English shift.
Origin
English
shift
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airshift English
- backshift English
- blameshift English
- blueshift English
- downshift English
- foreshift English
- frameshift English
- lightshift English
- loanshift English
- midshift English
- multishift English
- nymshift English
- overshift English
- phaseshift English
- placeshift English
- powershift English
- preshift English
- rankshift English
- redshift English
- reshift English
- shift English
- shiftable English
- shiftee English
- shifter English
- shiftest English
- shifteth English
- shiftful English
- shiftily English
- shiftiness English
- shiftless English
- shiftlike English
- shiftmate English
- shiftogram English
- shiftwork English
- shiftyness English
- speedshift English
- stickshift English
- subshift English
- supershift English
- timeshift English
- transshift English
- undershift English
- unshift English
- upshift English
- シフト Japanese
- schiften Middle English
- sif Indonesian
- quần chíp Vietnamese
- quần sịp Vietnamese
- shift
- shiftee
- upshift
- reshift
- unshift
- shifter
- shiftily
- shiftest
- midshift
- shifteth
- preshift
- subshift
- airshift
- shiftful
- redshift
- nymshift
- shiftless
- foreshift
- shiftlike
- downshift
- shiftmate
- backshift
- blueshift
- overshift
- rankshift
- shiftwork
- loanshift
- timeshift
- shiftable
- transshift
- supershift
- shiftiness
- lightshift
- placeshift
- phaseshift
- speedshift
- shiftyness
- shiftogram
- multishift
- stickshift
- blameshift
- frameshift
- powershift
- undershift