skair

skair
\\ˈskār\
chiefly Scotland
variant of scare

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  • scaredy-cat — /skair dee kat /, n. Informal. fraidy cat. [1930 35; SCARED + Y2] * * * …   Universalium

  • scarehead — /skair hed /, n. a headline in exceptionally large type. Cf. screamer (def. 4). [1885 90; SCARE + HEAD] * * * …   Universalium

  • scarious — /skair ee euhs/, adj. Bot. thin, dry, and membranous, as certain bracts; chaffy. [1800 10; alter. of scariose < NL scariosus < ?; see OUS] * * * …   Universalium

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  • harum-scarum — harum scarumness, n. /hair euhm skair euhm, har euhm skar euhm/, adj. 1. reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum scarum youth. 2. disorganized; uncontrolled. adv. 3. recklessly; wildly: He ran harum scarum all over the place. n. 4. a… …   Universalium

  • scare — scarer, n. scaringly, adv. /skair/, v., scared, scaring, n. v.t. 1. to fill, esp. suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm. v.i. 2. to become frightened: That horse scares easily. 3. scare up, Informal. to obtain with effort; find or gather …   Universalium

  • scarecrow — scarecrowish, scarecrowy, adj. /skair kroh /, n. 1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops. 2. anything frightening but not really dangerous. 3. a person in ragged clothes.… …   Universalium

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