(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient. / (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

(modal) Probably not. / (modal) Certainly not. / (degree) Hardly: only just; by a small margin.

(historical) The letter "A" in scarlet cloth required to be worn by those convicted of adultery in 17th-century Puritan New England.

(medicine) A streptococcal infection, mainly occurring among children, and characterized by a red skin rash, sore throat and fever.

Alternative form of scarabaeid

(transitive, informal) To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.

(slang, idiomatic) To scare or startle someone thoroughly.

wild, careless, irresponsible

wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly

A giddy, rash person.