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Definition: Shay |
ShayNoun1. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top; drawn by a single horse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Shay" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter". |
Date "shay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonym: ShaySynonym: chaise (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imperfection | Mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-horse shay. |
Vehicle | Truck, tram; cariole, carriole; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen, palanquin; litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shay |
| Non-English Usage: "Shay" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (to hope). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Wonderful One-Horse Shay (1912) Shay VeDror (2002) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | An abandoned shay on a farm near Smithland, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Deacon Jones' one hoss shay, no. 1. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Shay" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Shay" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "shay" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shay | First name Female | 3,000 | 2,070 |
| Shay | Last name | 3,000 | 3,699 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Shay" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Shay." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Shae | Male | N/A | Shay |
| Shay | Male | N/A | Shamus |
| James | Male | Biblical | Jacob |
| Jacob | Male | Dutch | N/A |
| Jacob | Male | English | N/A |
| James | Male | English | Jacob |
| Séamus | Male | Irish | James |
| Shamus | Male | Irish | Séamus |
| Jacob | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
shay sweet | 888 | shay stadium | 9 |
nicole rice shay | 255 | shay pendray | 9 |
rice shay | 189 | porn star shay sweet | 9 |
laura selway shay | 168 | shay home | 9 |
shay | 133 | shay sweet picture | 8 |
shay sight | 111 | shay sweet hardcore | 8 |
na shay | 34 | bj shay | 8 |
knuth shay | 30 | free shay sweet | 8 |
laura shay | 30 | shay sweet nude | 7 |
liberman shay | 27 | mark shay | 7 |
shay locomotive | 21 | shay sweet movie | 7 |
shay sweet pic | 19 | racci shay | 6 |
model shay | 18 | butter shay | 6 |
shay astar | 13 | kathryn shay | 6 |
shay sweet gallery | 12 | porn shay star | 6 |
gia la shay | 11 | fung shay | 6 |
dorothy shay | 10 | roundtree shay | 5 |
gallery hardcore shay sweet | 10 | brian shay | 5 |
free shay sweet pic | 10 | laura nude selway shay | 5 |
ryan shay | 9 | shay todd | 5 |
roadster shay | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "shay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | файтон (barge, barouche, cab, carriage, chaise, four wheeler, growler, phaeton). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koèár (carriage, coach). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Shay-tumor (Shay tumour), Shay's klorom (Shay chloroleukaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | chloroleukemie van Shay (Shay chloroleukaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tumeur de Shay (Shay tumour), chloro-leucémie de Shay (Shay chloroleukaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Shay-Transplantationstumor (Shay tumour), Chloroleukaemie Shay (Shay chloroleukaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμάξι (cab, trap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bricska (buggy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayshay cabriolé (cab, cabriolet, chaise, fly, gig, hackneycarriage). (various references) фаэтон (chaise, phaeton). (various references) trka (race). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shay": shays. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shay": sashay. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shay": sashayed, sashaying, sashays. (additional references) | |
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"Shay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashai, chhay, Esha, Eshaq, ghay, Isahaya, khay, ohay, phay, rhay, Sahai, sahha, Sahi, sahu, Sayf, sayy, Schaie, sha, shaby, shaf, shafy, shagy, shai, shait, shamy, shaq, shary, shaye, Shayi, shayla, shaz, shei, shey, Shiyah, shoy, shoyu, shry, shsa, Shwayb, Shya, soay, sqay, Syha, Tsehai, Zahi, Zhai, Zschau. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shay" (pronounced shā") |
| 2 | sh ā" | attache, cache, cliche, crochet, Shea. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ashy, hays. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-s-y" | |
-1 letter: ash, ays, has, hay, say, sha, shy, yah. | |
-2 letters: ah, as, ay, ha, sh, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-s-y" | |
+1 letter: ayahs, chays, dashy, hasty, hoyas, hylas, mashy, shady, shaky, shaly, shays, washy. | |
+2 letters: brashy, chasmy, flashy, hayers, hydras, hyenas, marshy, mynahs, plashy, rashly, rayahs, sashay, saughy, shabby, shaggy, shaley, shammy, shamoy, shandy, shanny, shanty, sharny, sharpy, shoaly, thuyas, trashy, yachts, yahoos. | |
+3 letters: aliyahs, alphyls, apishly, ashtray, asphyxy, astheny, babyish, bashlyk, brashly, bypaths, chlamys, clayish, eyelash, eyewash, fishway, ghastly, grayish, harshly, hastily, hawkeys, hayings, haymows, hayseed, hearsay, heydays, hoorays, hurrays, hushaby, hyaenas, hyalins, hydrase, hymnals, hyraces, hyraxes, ladyish, lazyish, maybush, mayhems, sashays, shadfly, shadily, shadowy, shakily, shamoys, shantey, shapely, sharply, shipway, snatchy, splashy, squashy, starchy, swarthy, unhasty, washday, whydahs, yashmac, yashmak, yeshiva, zanyish. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 68 61 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .... .- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101000 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S h a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0068 0061 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53746791 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; |
