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scaredeer

UK/ˈskɛəˌdɪə/US/ˈskɛɚˌdɪɹ/

scaredeer noun: synonym of deer scarer.

Noun

scaredeer (plural scaredeers)

  1. Synonym of deer scarer.
    • At the edge of the outdoor bath, he could hear the bamboo scaredeer repeatedly fill up with water, and make its signature ponk!2020 January 11, Kurone Kanzaki, Demon Lord, Retry!, volume 2, J-Novel Club, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    deer scarer
  2. Any effigy similar to a scarecrow used to ward off deer.
    • One of my more creative friends built a scaredeer — a scary version of a scarecrow with a real deer skull. She said it didn’t work, however. Scarecrows rarely work for deer.2017 August 14, Kevin Ambrose, “Want to keep the deer out of your garden? Here’s what works.”, in The Washington Times, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2019

Synonyms of scaredeer

Forms of scaredeer

pluralscaredeers

Origin of scaredeer

Calque of Japanese 鹿威し (shishiodoshi), modelled on scarecrow, equivalent to scare + deer.

Questions about scaredeer

What does scaredeer mean?
Scaredeer means synonym of deer scarer.
What part of speech is scaredeer?
Scaredeer is a noun.
How do you pronounce scaredeer?
Scaredeer is pronounced /ˈskɛəˌdɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of scaredeer?
The plural of scaredeer is scaredeers.

Words near scaredeer in the dictionary

  1. scared the pants off
  2. scared the shit out of
  3. scared to death
  4. scared up
  5. scared white
  6. scaredeer
  7. scaredeers
  8. scareder
  9. scaredest
  10. scaredies
  11. scaredly

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