(~s)
1.
Fright is a sudden feeling of fear, especially the fear that you feel when something unpleasant surprises you.
The steam pipes rattled suddenly, and Franklin uttered a shriek and jumped with ~...
The birds smashed into the top of their cages in ~...
To hide my ~ I asked a question.
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2.
A ~ is an experience which makes you suddenly afraid.
The snake picked up its head and stuck out its tongue which gave everyone a ~...
The last time you had a real ~, you nearly crashed the car.
= scare
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3.
If a person or animal takes ~ at something, they are suddenly ~ened by it, and want to run away or to stop doing what they are doing.
An untrained horse had taken ~ at the sound of gunfire...
When costs soared, the studio took ~ and recalled the company from Rome.
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