SCAREDY-CAT

Meaning of SCAREDY-CAT in English

■ noun informal a child's word for a timid person.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SCAREDY-CAT — noun Etymology: scared (past participle of scare) + 1-y + cat Date: 1948 an unduly fearful person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCAREDY-CAT — ˈskerdēˌkat, -ka(a)r- noun Etymology: scared + -y + cat : an unduly fearful person
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
SCAREDY-CAT — (Slang) person who is or seems frightened
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCAREDY-CAT — noun Etymology: scared (past participle of scare ) + -y (I) + cat Date: 1948 : an unduly fearful person
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCAREDY-CAT — [scaredy-cat] n [scared (pp. of scare) + [1]-y + cat] (1948): an unduly fearful person
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCAREDY-CAT — scaredy-cat, scaredy cat BrE AmE ˈskeəd i kæt AmE \ ˈskerd- ˈskærd- ▷ scaredy-cat|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCAREDY-CAT — / ˈskeədi kæt; NAmE ˈskerdi/ ( US also ˈfraidy cat ) noun ( informal , disapproving ) a children's word …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
SCAREDY-CAT — = scared cat
Slang English vocab
SCAREDY CAT — a person who is afraid, a coward, a fraidy cat The girls will say I'm a scaredy cat if I …
English Idioms vocab
SCAREDY CAT — a person who is afraid, a coward, fraidy cat The girls will say scaredy cat if I don't go in …
English Idioms vocabulary
SCAREDY-CAT — Pronunciation: ' sker-d ē - ˌ kat Function: noun Etymology: scared (pp. of scare ) + 1 -y + cat …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCAREDY-CAT — трусишка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCAREDY-CAT — Трусишка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SCAREDY-CAT — n шутл. трусишка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCAREDY CAT — (n) трусишка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SCAREDY-CAT — n шутл. трусишка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SCAREDY-CAT — n шутл. трусишка
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SCAREDY-CAT — 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
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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
SCAREDY — (cat) [noun] [C] [informal] [disapproving]A scaredy (cat) is someone who is frightened.Come on, scaredy - it won't bite you! [as …
Cambridge English vocab
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 …
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CAT
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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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
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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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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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 — / ˈfreɪdi kæt; NAmE / noun ( US , informal , disapproving ) = scaredy-cat
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCARE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. …
Oxford English vocab
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
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

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