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Definition of a scaredy cat

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Other terms relating to 'afraid, scared':

Definitions include: to not do something out of fear; "chicken out".
Definitions include: sexually voracious.
Definitions include: nervousness, trepidation about a big decision, especially marriage.
Definitions include: to be extremely scared.
Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others.
Definitions include: feeble.
Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear.
Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out".
Definitions include: to be nervous or afraid.
Definitions include: a coward.
Definitions include: alternative pronunciation of "scare."
Definitions include: see cold feet.
Definitions include: nervousness.
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: nervousness or fright.

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Other terms relating to 'cat':

Definitions include: a female.
Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in.
Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters.
Definitions include: a fight between two or more females.
Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts.
Definitions include: a short nap.
Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected.
Definitions include: raining hard.
Definitions include: something really great.
Definitions include: something great; "first rate."
Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: the best you can get.
Definitions include: a calm, cool, and collected person especially in times of turmoil or trial.
Definitions include: a person who copies others.

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