Question 1

What does "startle up" mean?

Accepted Answer

To cause a person or animal to jump up suddenly due to fright or surprise

Question 2

How do you use "startle up" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

The hiker startled up a pheasant hidden in the long grass.

Question 3

Is "startle up" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"startle up" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. Relatively rare and somewhat literary or archaic. Used both transitively (to startle something up) and intransitively (to startle up from a resting position). Common in descriptions of animals or birds being flushed from cover.

startle up

"up" を含むフレーズ