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
scatted
simple past tense and past participle of scat
• actedst, stat dec
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
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
