Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)A coward.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom called me a scaredy-cat.

    deEr nannte mich einen Angsthasen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom is a scaredy cat.

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  3. Are you all scaredy cats?

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  4. Tom is a scaredy-cat.

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  5. What a scaredy cat!

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Origin

Back-formation from scaredy-cat, equivalent to scared + -y.

Back-formation from scaredy-cat, equivalent to scared + -y.

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Forms

plural: scaredies
Singularscaredy
Pluralscaredies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scareB1scarecrowscarfA2scarletB2
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