Scare quotes — is a general term for quotation marks used for purposes other than to identify a direct quotation. For example, authors might use quotation marks to highlight special terminology, to distance the writer from the material being reported, to… … Wikipedia
scare into — ˈscare ˌinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scare into he/she/it scares into present participle scaring into past tense … Useful english dictionary
scare — [ skar ] n. m. • 1546; lat. scarus, gr. skaros ♦ Zool. Poisson osseux des mers tropicales, aux vives couleurs, appelé couramment poisson perroquet. ● scare nom masculin (latin scarus, du grec skairein, bondir) Poisson des récifs coralliens à… … Encyclopédie Universelle
scare — [sker] vt. scared, scaring [ME skerren < ON skirra, to scare, make timid < skjarr, timid, prob. < IE base * (s)ker , to jump > L scurra, buffoon] to fill with fear or terror; esp., to frighten suddenly or startle; terrify vi. to… … English World dictionary
Scare — Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.] To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scare — [n] frightened state alarm, alert, fright, panic, shock, start, terror; concepts 230,410 Ant. calmness, comfort, ease scare [v] frighten someone affright, alarm, awe, chill, daunt, dismay, freeze, give a fright, give a turn*, intimidate, panic,… … New thesaurus
scare-head — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare … Useful english dictionary
scare-heading — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare … Useful english dictionary
scare-line — scareˈ head, scareˈ heading or scareˈ line noun A newspaper heading designed to raise a scare • • • Main Entry: ↑scare … Useful english dictionary
scare the pants off you — scare the pants off (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis.… … New idioms dictionary
scare the pants off — (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis. Related vocabulary: scare… … New idioms dictionary
