Definition of scaredy cat
scaredy cat 
noun
- a scared person.
He was too much of a scaredy cat to skip class.
- See more words with the same meaning: afraid, scared.
Last edited on Oct 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'afraid, scared': | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: alternative pronunciation of "scare." | |
| Definitions include: nervousness. | |
| Definitions include: nervous. | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: a coward. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely scared. | |
| Definitions include: to be nervous or afraid. | |
| Definitions include: see cold feet. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fear of missing out". | |
| Definitions include: the inability to urinate in the presence of others. | |
| Definitions include: afraid. | |
| Definitions include: to not go through with a plan because of fear. | |
| Definitions include: scared. | |
| Definitions include: shaken up, flustered. Also shooked. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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: 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 person who copies others. | |
| Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression. | |
| Definitions include: an admonishment that curiosity can be dangerous. | |
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