[
UK
/skˈeəkɹəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈskæɹˌkɹoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈskæɹˌkɹoʊ/ ]
NOUN
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
How To Use scarecrow In A Sentence
- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
- To give the feeling that someone is watching and guarding over your spooky home make a dummy or scarecrow.
- At its present point of vivification the scarecrow reminds me of some of the lukewarm and abortive characters composed of heterogeneous materials used for the thousandth time, and never worth using, with which romance writers (and myself, no doubt, among the rest) have so overpeopled the world of fiction. Short Stories of Various Types
- scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts
- This will not prevent their ‘discovery’ after the event, but few any longer attach much importance to this tattered scarecrow.
- I have known rocks become oblivious to both the old type of scarecrow and its modern equivalent, the automatic banger.
- At this the Scarecrow gave a gasp and the Tin Woodman stopped short and looked reproachfully at the Woggle-Bug. The Woggle-Bug’s Thorough Command of the Language
- The scarecrow is placed in a field, and there it could have remained. Archive 2007-11-01
- The show will follow the adventures of Shaun and the rest of his flock as they join in with his madcap schemes, including synchronised swimming in the sheep-dip and dressing up as a scarecrow. IN THE NEWS
- The other three members of Os Trapalhões take on the roles of the Oz-bound characters: Zacarias as the Scarecrow (with long straw blonde hair and heavy make-up, strangely resembling Sylvia Miles), Mussum as the Tin Man (his costume is an industrial tin drum) and Dede Santana as the Lion (his costume is a brown afro and a furry vest with a tail hanging from its backside). Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat