n. Japanese religion with the worship of ancestors and nature-spirits. shintoism n. Shintoist n. [chinese, = way of the gods]

n. (pl. -ies) 1 game like hockey, but with taller goalposts.

- stick or ball used in this. [origin uncertain]

adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Angry; annoyed. shirtily adv. Shirtiness n.

adj. (-ier, -iest) coarse slang 1 disgusting, contemptible.

- covered with excrement.

—v. Tremble with cold, fear, etc. —n. - momentary shivering movement.

- (in pl., prec. By the) attack of shivering. shivery adj. [origin uncertain]

- —n. (esp. In pl.) Small fragment or splinter. —v. Break into shivers. [related to dial. Shive slice]

adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 poorly made.

- counterfeit. shoddily adv. Shoddiness n. [origin unknown]

n.pl. - trousers reaching to the knees or higher.

- us underpants.

n. (also shortie) (pl. -ies) colloq. Person or garment shorter than average.

v.aux. (3rd sing. Should) past of *shall, used esp.: 1 in reported speech (i said i should be home soon).

- a to express obligation or likelihood (i should tell you; you should have read it; they should have arrived by now). B to express a tentative suggestion (i should like to add).

- a expressing the conditional mood in the 1st person (i should have been killed if i had gone). B forming a conditional clause (if you should see him).

—n. - spadelike tool with raised sides, for shifting coal etc.

- (part of) a machine with a similar form or function. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 move (as if) with a shovel.

- colloq. Move in large quantities or roughly (shovelled peas into his mouth). shovelful n. (pl. -s). [old english]