A traditional device found in Japanese gardens, composed of a bamboo tube that when filled with water revolves to empty and makes a clanking sound

An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.

To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). / To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.

Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

To spread worrying rumours.

plural of scaredy-cat

A coward; a person who is easily frightened or high-strung and easily scared.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of scare

present participle of scarecrow

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of scare