scaredeer

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 鹿威し (shishiodoshi), modelled on scarecrow, equivalent to scare +‎ deer.

Pronunciation

Noun

scaredeer (plural scaredeers)

  1. Synonym of deer scarer.
    • 2020 January 11, Kurone Kanzaki, Demon Lord, Retry!, volume 2, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:
      At the edge of the outdoor bath, he could hear the bamboo scaredeer repeatedly fill up with water, and make its signature ponk!
  2. Any effigy similar to a scarecrow used to ward off deer.
    • 2017 August 14, Kevin Ambrose, “Want to keep the deer out of your garden? Here’s what works.”, in The Washington Times‎[1], archived from the original on 6 November 2019:
      One of my more creative friends built a scaredeer — a scary version of a scarecrow with a real deer skull. She said it didn’t work, however. Scarecrows rarely work for deer.
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