FRAIDY-CAT

Meaning of FRAIDY-CAT in English

someone who is easily frightened (used by children) The little boy called his friend a fraidy-cat because he wouldn`t climb the tree.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

FRAIDY-CAT — /fray"dee kat'/ , n. Informal. a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children. Also called scaredy-cat . [ 1905-10; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRAIDY CAT — fraidy cat BrE AmE ˈfreɪd i kæt ▷ fraidy cat|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FRAIDY CAT — / ˈfreɪdi kæt; NAmE / noun ( US , informal , disapproving ) = scaredy-cat
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRAIDY CAT — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, fraid-cat, funk, funker, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRAIDY CAT — a child who is afraid to jump etc., chicken "Fraidy cat, fraidy cat!" the boys shouted. "Ali's afraid to jump!"
English Idioms vocabulary
FRAIDY-CAT — n. , informal A shy person; someone who is easily frightened. Usually used by or to children. Tom was a …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FRAIDY CAT — n AmE infml Don't be a fraidy cat — Ну что, боишься?!
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FRAIDY CAT — n AmE infml Don't be a fraidy cat — Ну что, боишься?!
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
FRAIDY CAT — fraidy cat n AmE infml Don't be a fraidy cat Ну что, боишься?!
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
FRAIDY CAT — Don't be a fraidy cat — Ну что, боишься?!
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
FRAIDY-CAT — = scared cat
Slang English vocab
FRAIDY CAT — (американизм) (детское) трусишка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRAIDY CAT — амер. детск. трусишка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FRAIDY CAT — амер. детск. трусишка
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FRAIDY CAT — амер. детск. трусишка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FRAIDY CAT — (американизм) (детское) трусишка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT
Cambridge English vocab
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
CAT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Словарь английских идиом
CAT
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CAT
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CAT
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CAT
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CAT — 1) кот; кошка 2) домашняя кошка (Felis domesticus) 3) pl; см. catfish 2) • - African golden cat - African tiger cat - African wild cat - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CAT — 1) кот; кошка 2) домашняя кошка ( Felis domesticus ) 3) pl ; см. catfish 2) • - African golden …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CAT
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CAT — cat n sl 1. Are you cats coming to hear my new records? Чуваки, вы не хотите послушать мои новые …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
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SHUCK ON DOWN TO THE FRAIDY HOLE — go to the cellar for shelter from a cyclone or tornado, hide when you are afraid When my uncle saw …
English Idioms vocab
A FRAIDY CAT — a child who is afraid to jump etc., chicken """Ian's a fraidy cat!"" the boys shouted. ""Ian's afraid to jump!"""
English Idioms vocab
SHUCK ON DOWN TO THE FRAIDY HOLE — go to the cellar for shelter from a cyclone or tornado, hide when you are afraid When my uncle saw …
English Idioms vocabulary
FRAIDYCAT — ˈfrādēˌkat, -diˌ-, usu -ad.+V noun or fraid·cat -dˌk- Etymology: fraidy (from fraid + -y ) or fraid + cat : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCAREDY-CAT — /skair"dee kat'/ , n. Informal. fraidy-cat. [ 1930-35; SCARED + -Y 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE FEATHER — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, cold feet, coward, faintheart, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAKLING — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, baby, big baby, blank cartridge, butt, castrato, chicken, chicken liver, coward, crybaby, doormat, drip, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAK SISTER — Synonyms and related words : Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SISSY — Synonyms and related words : Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, afraid, aunt, auntie, baby, big baby, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCAREDY CAT — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOUSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MILKSOP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JELLYFISH — Synonyms and related words : Chilopoda, Chordata, Echiuroidea, Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Milquetoast, Monoplacophora, Nemertinea, Phoronidea, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INVERTEBRATE — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, abulic, afraid, amphibian, aquatic, baby, big baby, biped, canine, cannibal, carnivore, chicken, chicken liver, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FUNK — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, baby, back out, big baby, blench, blink, blue funk, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COWARD — Synonyms and related words : Milquetoast, Scaramouch, baby, big baby, caitiff, chicken, chicken liver, craven, dastard, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, funk, funker, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHICKEN
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