Alternative form of scare the living daylights out of

(idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a great degree.

present participle of scare up

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

(idiomatic) To scare something or someone to a large degree.

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.

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.

Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

To spread worrying rumours.

Alternative form of scaredy-cat (“coward”)