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SCAT
scat, scat singing
(noun) singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
(verb) flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run; “If you see this man, run!”; “The burglars escaped before the police showed up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scat (plural scats)
A tax; tribute.
(UK dialectal) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
Etymology 2
Noun
scat (uncountable)
(biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
(slang) Heroin.
(slang, obsolete) Whiskey.
(slang) Coprophilia.
(UK, dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
Synonyms
• (excrement): See feces
• (heroin): shit, scag; see also heroin
• (rain driven by wind): See storm
Etymology 3
Noun
scat (plural scats)
(music, jazz) Scat singing.
Verb
scat (third-person singular simple present scats, present participle scatting, simple past and past participle scatted)
(music, jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
Etymology 4
Verb
scat (third-person singular simple present scats, present participle scatting, simple past and past participle scatted)
(colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
(colloquial) An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.
Etymology 5
From the taxonomic name of the family
Noun
scat (plural scats)
Any fish in the family Scatophagidae
Anagrams
• -cast, ACTs, ATCs, ATSC, Acts, CATs, Cast, Cats, STCA, TACS, TCAS, TCAs, TSCA, acts, cast, cats
Source: Wiktionary
Scat, interj.
Definition: Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
Scat, Scatt, n. Etym: [Icel. scattr.]
Definition: Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." Longfellow.
Scat, n.
Definition: A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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