Usually means: Fearful person, easily scared, timid.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word fraidy cat:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. fraidy-cat: Merriam-Webster
  2. fraidy cat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fraidy cat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fraidy-cat, fraidy-cat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fraidy-cat, fraidy cat: Wiktionary
  6. fraidy-cat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. fraidy-cat: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. fraidy-cat, fraidy cat: Dictionary.com
  9. fraidy-cat: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. 'Fraidy Cat, Fraidy Cat (TV series), Fraidy Cat (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. fraidy cat: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fraidy cat: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fraidy cat: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fraidy cat)

noun:  (childish) Synonym of scaredy cat (“coward”).

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