(Britain, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.

Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

To spread worrying rumours.

(intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

plural of scarlet woman

A woman who behaves in an adulterous manner. / The Whore of Babylon.

plural of scarab

(horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.

Any of very many beetles, of the family Scarabaeidae, especially Scarabaeus sacer regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians

plural of scare quote