scare:1
verb13th century{ds|t|||}
- to frighten especially suddenly : alarm
- to become scared
scare:2
noun
scare
\
circa 1548{ds||1||}
- a sudden fright
- a widespread state of alarm : panic
scare quotes
plural noun
scare quotes
\
1956
- quotation marks used to express especially skepticism or derision concerning the use of the enclosed word or phrase
scare up
verb
scare up
\
1841
- to find or get together with considerable labor or difficulty : scrape up
scare away/off
phrasal verb
scare away/off
\
- to cause (someone or something) to go away and stay away because of fear or because of possible trouble, difficulty, etc.
scare into
phrasal verb
scare into
\
- to cause (someone) to do (something) because of fear
scare someone to death
idiom
scare someone to death
\
- to scare someone very much
scare the crap out of
idiom
scare the crap out of
\
- to scare (someone) very badly
jump scare
noun
jump scare
\
1986
- a scripted moment (as in a film or video game) intended to startle the audience
bomb scare
noun
bomb scare
\
- a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode
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