Definition of "sunshine"

sunshine

/ˈsʌnʃaɪn/

noun
usually uncountable, plural sunshines
1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
  Quotations
  Sunshine, everybody loves the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine
  1976, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, performed by Roy Ayers Ubiquity
2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.
  Quotations
  Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.
  1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […]
3. (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.
  Quotations
  Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / Only darkness every day
  1971, Bill Withers (lyrics and music), “Ain't No Sunshine”
4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
  Quotations
  You are the sunshine of my life / That's why I'll always be around / You are the apple of my eye / Forever you'll stay in my heart
  1972, Stevie Wonder (lyrics and music), “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, in Talking Book
5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (UK) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
7. (UK) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.
8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
9. (slang, uncountable, uncommon) Ellipsis of orange sunshine.
adjective
not comparable
1. (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

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