A state of cowardly fright; a panic, A cowardly, fearful person, 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_ draw back, as with fear or pain, To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear, intransitive verb_ To shrink from in fright or dread, To be afraid of, transitive verb_ obsolete To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke, colloq To frighten; to cause to flinch