(chiefly in the plural) A quotation mark deliberately used to provoke a reaction or to indicate that the author does not approve of a term or clause, rather than to identify a direct quotation.

To frighten (an animal, especially a game animal) into appearing from cover.

(seismology) A step-like feature formed by the slippage of a short section of the surface along a fault line.

A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.

A butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae.

plural of scarlet fever

(slang, transitive) To terrify thoroughly.

Obsolete form of scarab.

Resembling a scarab beetle.

A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.