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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishsker,skere(terror, fright), from the verbMiddle Englishskerren(to frighten) (see below).

Noun

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scare (pluralscares)

  1. A minorfright.
    Johnny had a badscare last night.
    • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, inBBC[1]:
      England were held to a draw after surviving a majorscare against Switzerland as they were forced to come from two goals behind to earn a point in the Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley.
  2. A cause of slightterror; something that inspiresfear ordread.
    a food-poisoningscare
  3. Adevice orobject used to frighten.
    • 1948, Alec H. Chisholm,Bird Wonders of Australia, page153:
      But I admit the possibility of their being used as "scares" for either birds of prey or snakes, or both.
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minor fright
something that inspires fear

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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishscaren,skaren,scarren,skeren,skerren, fromOld Norseskirra(to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert), fromProto-Germanic*skirzijaną(to shoo, scare off), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)ker-(to swing, jump, move). Related toOld Norseskjarr(timid, shy, afraid of). Cognate withScotsskar(wild, timid, shy), dialectalNorwegian Nynorskskjerra, dialectalSwedishskjarra and possiblyOld Armenianցիռ(cʻiṙ,wild ass).

Verb

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scare (third-person singular simple presentscares,present participlescaring,simple past and past participlescared)

  1. Tofrighten,terrify,startle, especially in a minor way.
    Did itscare you when I said "Boo!"?
    • c.1591–1592 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, []”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i], lines6-7:
      That cannot be; the noise of thy crossbow / Willscare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
    • 1957 October 20,Roy Bedichek, “toJohn Henry Faulk”, inLetters of Roy Bedichek, Austin, T.X.:University of Texas Press, published1985,→ISBN,page507:
      Late triumphs of Russian science arescaring the very dogwater out of large elements in our society, and we both fear more "purging" instead of more effort at catching up.
    • 1995,The Langoliers:
      (Laurel Stevenson)Would you please be quiet? You'rescaring the little girl.
      (Craig Toomey)Scaring the little girl?!Scaring the little girl?! Lady!
    • 2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, inThe New York Times[2]:
      In other words, the transaction is preferred because it is the best of bad choices. And at least one study has found that when management preannounces a deal it results in lower premiums presumably because itscares off other bidders.
    • 2015 January 13, “Hundreds of geese carcasses dumped in Yunlin amid bird flu scares”, inFocus Taiwan[3], archived fromthe original onNovember 09, 2024, Society‎[4]:
      Residents of Sihu Township in the central county of Yunlin were leftscared and angry after hundreds of dead geese were found dumped in an irrigation channel Tuesday, inciting a minor panic as avian flu continues to spread throughout the country.
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to frighten

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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scare (comparativemorescare,superlativemostscare)

  1. lean;scanty

References

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  1. ^Stanley, Oma (1937) “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, inThe Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2),New York:Columbia University Press,→DOI,→ISBN,§ 6, page16.

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Etymology

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FromLatinscarus (also genus nameScarus), fromAncient Greekσκάρος(skáros).

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Noun

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scare m (pluralscares)

  1. parrotfish

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