Category:Scare

Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] Etym: [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.]

Defn: to frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow will scare the herd, and so my shoot is Lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- to scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [slang]

Syn. -- to alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.

Scare Scare, n.

Defn: fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or Originating in mistake. [colloq.]