A very spiteful or vindictive person.
An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).