SCARECROW
scarecrow, straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarer
(noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scarecrow (plural scarecrows)
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
(figuratively, pejorative) A tall, thin, awkward person.
(figurative) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger.
A person clad in rags and tatters.
(UK, dialect) A bird, the black tern.
Synonyms
• (effigy made of straw): See scarecrow
Coordinate terms
• straw man
Verb
scarecrow (third-person singular simple present scarecrows, present participle scarecrowing, simple past and past participle scarecrowed)
(transitive) To splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.
Source: Wiktionary
Scare"crow`, n.
1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden.
2. A person clad in rags and tatters. No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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