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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scat1 /skæt/USA pronunciation v. [no object], scat•ted, scat•ting. - to move or go off hastily:I told him to scat and he did.
scat2 /skæt/USA pronunciation v., scat•ted, scat•ting, n. v. [no object] - Music and Danceto sing scat.
n. [uncountable] - Music and Dancejazz singing that uses made up, nonsense syllables to imitate the phrasing or effect of a musical instrument.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scat1 (skat),USA pronunciation v.i., scat•ted, scat•ting. [Informal.]- Informal Termsto go off hastily (often used in the imperative).
- of uncertain origin, originally 1865–70, American.
- Music, Music and Danceto sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
n. - Music, Music and DanceSee scat singing.
- of uncertain origin, originally 1925–30
- the excrement of an animal.
- 1925–30; origin, originally uncertain; compare Brit. dialect, dialectal (SW) scat to scatter, fling down, bespatter; Greek skat- (stem of skôr dung; see scato-) is unlikely source, given popular character of the word and unmotivated derivation pattern
- Drugs, Slang Termsheroin.
- 1945–50; of uncertain origin, originally; compare earlier scat (slang) whiskey
- British Terms(in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.
Also, scatt. - Old Norse skattr tax, treasure
- Middle English 1300–50
- var. of scato- before a vowel.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scat /skæt/ vb (scats, scatting, scatted)- (intr; usually imperative) informal to go away in haste
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from a hiss + the word cat, used to frighten away cats scat /skæt/ n - a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words
vb (scats, scatting, scatted)- (intransitive) to sing jazz in this way
Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps imitative |