siffilatev.
rare.
transitive. To whisper.
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1836 F. Marryat Snarleyyow ix, in Metropolitan Apr. 337 ‘He's gone,’ was siffilated above and below.
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v.1836- to scare the lights out of
- to scare the lights out of a person
- to scare the lights out of a thing
- to scare the liver and lights out of
- to scare the liver and lights out of a person
- to scare the liver and lights out of a thing
- to scare the living daylight out of
- to scare the living daylights out of
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- to scare the pants off
- to scare the pants off a person
- to scare up
- to scare — bells out of
- to scarp away, down
- to scarper the letty
- to scat and lot
- to scat or contribute
- to scatter abroad
- to scatter broadcast
- to scent blood
- to scheme out
- to schlep one's way
- to schmaltz it up