The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
shifting, shifty
(adjective) changing position or direction; “he drifted into the shifting crowd”; “their nervous shifting glances”; “shifty winds”
devious, shifty
(adjective) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; “a devious character”; “shifty eyes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shiftiest
superlative form of shifty: most shifty
• fetishist, fittishes
Source: Wiktionary
Shift"y, a.
Definition: Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance. Wright. Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 May 2025
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.