English words for 'Alternative spelling of stage fright.'
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noun
- (figurative) A major fright.
- (figurative) Death or failure.
- (cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
noun
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
- To lash or whip.
- To strip the skin off; to skin.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- strip the skin off
verb
noun
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
adj
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
- using or containing too many words
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
noun
verb
- (transitive) To scare.
- (intransitive) To lose vitality.
- (intransitive) To be subdued.
- (transitive, Scots law, historical) To grant in mortmain.
- (transitive) To affect with vexation or chagrin.
- (transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
- (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- undergo necrosis
- hold within limits and control
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
verb
- (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.
- (intransitive) To perform funk music.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fuck (the taboo swear word).
- (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
- (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
- (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
- draw back, as with fear or pain
noun
- (uncountable, music) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.
- (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.
- (countable) Mental depression.
- (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
- (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
- a state of nervous depression
- an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
verb
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
noun
verb
verb
noun
- 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.
- (by extension, derogatory) A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
- Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
- (military, World War II, historical) Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
verb
adj
noun
adj
noun
- (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
- The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
- (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
- (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
- (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
- (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
verb
- To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
- To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
- (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
- (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
- (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
noun
- (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
- Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
- (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
- the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
noun
- (figurative) A major fright.
- (figurative) Death or failure.
- (cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
noun
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
- To lash or whip.
- To strip the skin off; to skin.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- strip the skin off
verb
noun
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
noun
verb
noun
- (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
- Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
- (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
- the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
verb
noun
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- (transitive) To scare.
- (intransitive) To lose vitality.
- (intransitive) To be subdued.
- (transitive, Scots law, historical) To grant in mortmain.
- (transitive) To affect with vexation or chagrin.
- (transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
- (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- undergo necrosis
- hold within limits and control
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
noun
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
- (intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
- To lash or whip.
- To strip the skin off; to skin.
- (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- strip the skin off
verb
- (transitive) To frighten; to cause to flinch.
- (intransitive) To perform funk music.
- (euphemistic, slang) Fuck (the taboo swear word).
- (ambitransitive) To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear.
- (transitive) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
- (intransitive) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
- draw back, as with fear or pain
noun
- (uncountable, music) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.
- (countable) One who fears or panics; a coward.
- (countable) Mental depression.
- (countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
- (uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.
- a state of nervous depression
- an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
verb
- (uncommon) To frighten; to scare, to terrify.
- (horticulture) To remove thatch (build-up of organic matter on the soil) from a lawn, to dethatch.
- To break up, loosen, or roughen the surface of a field or road or a hard surface.
- To scratch, etch, burn, or cut designs into one's skin as a form of body modification.
- (figurative) To harrow the feelings.
- (horticulture) To damage the testa (seed coat) of a seed by cutting, scraping, chemicals, hot water, or fire to allow permeation of water and faster germination.
- To make scratches or cuts on.
- scratch the surface of
- puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- break up
verb
noun
- 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.
- (by extension, derogatory) A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
- Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
- (military, World War II, historical) Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
verb
adj
noun
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adj
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- Accompanied by wind.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
- using or containing too many words
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
noun
adj
noun
- (originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
- The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
- (uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
- (countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
- (countable, computing) Ellipsis of kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
- (countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
- (by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
- sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events
verb
- To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
- To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
- (computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
- (US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
- (computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
- be overcome by a sudden fear
- cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic