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Meaning
Noun
●
An
effigy
,
typically
made of
straw
and
dressed
in
old
clothes
,
fixed to
a
pole
in a
field
to
deter
birds
from
eating
crops
or
seeds
planted
there.
⚠️
In People:
A person
regarded
as
resembling
a
scarecrow
(sense 1) in some way; especially, a
tall
,
thin
,
awkward
person; or a person
wearing
ragged
and
tattered
clothes.
●
In Corvids:
Synonym of
crow scarer
(“a
farmhand
employed
to
scare
birds
from the fields”)
●
Anything that
appears
terrifying
but
presents
no
danger
; a
paper
tiger.
●
In Military:
Military
equipment
or
tactics
used to
scare
and
deter
rather than
cause
actual
damage.
●
In British English & Terns:
The
black tern
(Chlidonias niger).
●
In British English:
The
hooded crow
(Corvus cornix).
Verb
●
To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look
awkward
and
stiff
, like a
scarecrow
(noun
sense
1).
To
splay
(one's
arms
)
away
from the body, like the
arms
of a scarecrow.
●
To
frighten
or
terrify
(someone
or something
),
as if
using a scarecrow.
●
To
spoil
the
appearance
of (something, such as the
landscape
or a
view
), as
scarecrows
may be
regarded
as doing.
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Synonyms
Scarecrow
Beanpole
Crowkeeper
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Gallicrow
Gallybagger
Malkin
Mammet
Potato-Bogle
Scare-Beggar
Scare-The-Birds
Scare-Crow
Skarcrow
Crow Scarer
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