scarecrow

scarecrow
Synonyms and related words:
Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, baboon, bag, blemish, blot, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, bust, carving, dog, doll, dolly, dummy, eyesore, fantoccini, fee-faw-fum, figure, figurehead, figurine, fright, frightener, gargoyle, ghost, ghoul, gingerbread man, hag, harridan, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror, incubus, lay figure, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, mess, model, monster, monstrosity, monument, nightmare, no beauty, ogre, ogress, phantom, portrait bust, puppet, revenant, scarebabe, scarer, sculpture, sight, snowman, specter, statuary, statue, statuette, succubus, tatterdemalion, teratism, terror, ugly duckling, vampire, wax figure, waxwork, werewolf, witch, wood carving

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  • Scarecrow — bezeichnet: Scarecrow (Comicfigur), Comicfigur den Originaltitel des US amerikanischen Films Asphalt Blüten (1973) The Scarecrow bezeichnet: The Scarecrow (1920), US amerikanischer Slapstick Film von Edward F. Cline und Buster Keaton …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Scarecrow — Scarecrow  англ. пугало. «The Scarecrow»  концептуальный альбом метал проекта Avantasia. «Scarecrow»  песня британской рок группы Pink Floyd. «Scarecrow» альбом кантри певца Гарта Брукса. См. также Пугало (значения) …   Википедия

  • Scarecrow — Scare crow , n. 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. [1913 Webster] A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A person clad in rags and tatters.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scarecrow — [sker′krō΄] n. 1. anything set up in a field to scare birds away from crops, usually a figure of a man made with sticks, old clothes, etc. 2. anything that frightens one but is actually not harmful 3. a person who looks or is dressed like a… …   English World dictionary

  • scarecrow — 1550s, from SCARE (Cf. scare) (v.) + CROW (Cf. crow). Earliest reference is to a person employed to scare birds. Stick figure sense is implied by 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • scarecrow — ► NOUN ▪ an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing …   English terms dictionary

  • Scarecrow — Scarecrows in a rice paddy in Japan For other uses, see Scarecrow (disambiguation). A scarecrow is, essentially, a decoy, though traditionally, a human figure (or mannequin) dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by farmers to discourage… …   Wikipedia

  • Scarecrow (Oz) — Infobox character colour = blue name = The Scarecrow caption = Cover of The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) by L. Frank Baum; illustration by John R. Neill. first = The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) last = arguable cause = nickname = alias = Chang Wang… …   Wikipedia

  • Scarecrow — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Scarecrow signifie épouvantail en anglais. Scarecrow est le titre original du film américain L Épouvantail, réalisé par Jerry Schatzberg en 1973.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Scarecrow — Para la canción de My Chemical Romance, véase S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W. Scarecrow Título Espantapájaros Ficha técnica Dirección Jerry Schatzberg Producción …   Wikipedia Español

  • scarecrow — scarecrowish, scarecrowy, adj. /skair kroh /, n. 1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows or other birds away from crops. 2. anything frightening but not really dangerous. 3. a person in ragged clothes.… …   Universalium

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