- scaredy-cat
- scare|dy-cat [ `skerdi ,kæt ] noun count INFORMALsomeone who easily becomes frightened. This word is usually used by children.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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scaredy-cat — [sker′dē kat΄] n. Slang a person who is unreasonably afraid … English World dictionary
Scaredy Cat — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Scaredy Cat series = Merrie Melodies (Sylvester the cat and Porky Pig) caption = The title card of Scaredy Cat . director = Charles M. Jones story artist = Michael Maltese animator = Lloyd Vaughan Ken… … Wikipedia
scaredy-cat — UK [ˈskeə(r)dɪˌ kæt] / US [ˈskerdɪ ˌkæt] noun [countable] Word forms scaredy cat : singular scaredy cat plural scaredy cats British informal someone who easily becomes frightened. This word is used mainly by children Don t be such a scaredy cat! … English dictionary
scaredy-cat — • fraidy cat • fraid cat • scaredy cat • scared cat noun informal A shy person; someone who is easily frightened. Usually used by or to children. Tom was a fraidy cat and wouldn t go in the water … Словарь американских идиом
scaredy-cat — A taunt used by children to a child who will not accept a dare. In The Stone Angel, by Margaret Laurence, a child touches the face of a dead baby, then dares her friends to do the same. When they refuse to do so she calls them scaredy cats.… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
scaredy cat — a person who is afraid, a coward, fraidy cat The girls will say scaredy cat if I don t go in the water … English idioms
Scaredy Cat (Doctor Who audio) — Bigfinishbox title=Scaredy Cat series=Doctor Who number=75 featuring=Eighth Doctor Charley C rizz writer=Will Shindler director=Nigel Fairs producer=Gary Russell Jason Haigh Ellery executive producer= production code=8X set between= Terror Firma… … Wikipedia
scaredy-cat — or[scared cat] See: FRAIDY CAT … Dictionary of American idioms
scaredy-cat — or[scared cat] See: FRAIDY CAT … Dictionary of American idioms
scaredy cat — Synonyms and related words: Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, fraid cat, fraidy cat, funk, funker, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, milksop, mouse, sissy, weak sister, weakling, white feather, white liver … Moby Thesaurus
scaredy-cat — noun Etymology: scared (past participle of scare) + 1 y + cat Date: 1948 an unduly fearful person … New Collegiate Dictionary
