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noun sun·shine \-ˌshīn\
: the sun's light or rays : warmth and light from the sun
: a feeling of happiness
—used as a form of address that can be either friendly or rude
Full Definition of SUNSHINE
1
a : the sun's light or direct rays b : the warmth and light given by the sun's rays c : a spot or surface on which the sun's light shines
2
: something (as a person, condition, or influence) that radiates warmth, cheer, or happiness
— sun·shiny \-ˌshī-nē\ adjective
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First Known Use of SUNSHINE
13th century
Rhymes with SUNSHINE
A-line, affine, airline, align, alkyne, alpine, assign, at sign, balkline, baseline, beeline, benign, bloodline, blue line, blush wine, bovine, bowline, branchline, breadline, bright-line, buntline, bustline, byline, call sign, canine, caprine, carbine, carmine, cervine, chow line, clothesline, cloud nine, coastline, combine, compline, condign, confine, consign, corvine, cosign, cutline, dateline, deadline, decline, define, design, divine, dragline, driveline, earthshine, Einstein, eiswein, end line, enshrine, entwine, equine, ethyne, fall line, fault line, feline, ferine, first-line, flatline, flight line, foul line, fräulein, frontline, front line, goal line, gold mine, grapevine, guideline, hairline, hard-line, hard pine, headline, hemline, high sign, hipline, Holbein, hotline, ice wine, incline, indign, in fine, in-line, Irvine, jawline, jug wine, landline, land mine, lang syne, lifeline, load line, longline, lupine, mainline, main line, malign, midline, moline, moonshine, neckline, off-line, old-line, online, opine, outline, outshine, ovine, Pauline, peace sign, Petrine, pipeline, piscine, pitch pine, plotline, plumb line, plus sign, pontine, porcine, potline, pound sign, propine, punch line, rapine, recline, redline, red pine, refine, reline, repine, resign, Rhine wine, ridgeline, roofline, Sabine, saline, Scotch pine, scrub pine, setline, shoreline, short line, sideline, sight line, skyline, snow line, soft-line, spring line, straight-line, strandline, straw wine, streamline, strip mine, strychnine, subline, supine, syncline, taurine, tie-line, times sign, topline, touchline, towline, tramline, trapline, tree line, trephine, trotline, truckline, trunk line, tumpline, turbine, untwine, ursine, vespine, V sign, vulpine, waistline, white line, white pine, white wine, woodbine, yard line, zebrine, Z line
2sunshine
adjective
Definition of SUNSHINE
: forbidding or restricting closed meetings of legislative or executive bodies and sometimes providing for public access to records <sunshine laws>
First Known Use of SUNSHINE
1972
SUNSHINY Defined for Kids
sunshine
noun sun·shine \ˈsən-ˌshīn\
Definition of SUNSHINE for Kids
1
: the sun's light or direct rays : the warmth and light given by the sun's rays
2
: something that spreads warmth or happiness <You are my sunshine.>
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