Scat

Word SCAT
Character 4
Hyphenation scat
Pronunciations /skæt/

Definitions and meanings of "Scat"

What do we mean by scat?

To go away hastily; leave at once. intransitive verb

Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody. noun

To sing scat. intransitive verb

Excrement, especially of an animal; dung. noun

To scare or drive away (a cat or other small animal) by crying “Scat!”

A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind. noun

Damage; loss. noun

Be off; begone: addressed to cats and other small animals.

See skat. noun

A tax; tribute; specifically, a land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands. noun

Tribute. noun

A shower of rain. noun

Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat. interjection

Scat singing. noun

To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments. verb

Animal excrement; dung. noun

Heroin. noun

Whiskey. noun

Coprophilia. noun

A shower of rain. noun

A tax; tribute.

A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Scat

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The word "scat" in example sentences

I've never heard anyone say, in New Orleans, even the word 'scat'. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dinkins would have no second term, as Giuliani sniped, bitched, needled, and flung scat from the sidelines during Dinkins 'entire term — with help from his new breed patrons on the media side, and swept into power on a pounding fist and a constant, yapping bark. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A researcher with the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA is testing animal scat from the 1950s and 1960s to determine whether any were left by thylacines. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I check out the brochure, but there is no course in scat singing. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2007)

I don't like the word scat anymore, because I learned what it literally means. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A troll/crank hides and flings scat from the shadows because he fears exposure. ❋ Nick Anthis (2006)

Joshua's mother said, that seemed to mean the same thing as a "scat" -- our Cornish word for a blow -- only the boy didn't seem to see it. ❋ Various (1909)

Her scat was her signature, but her voice possessed a heavenly perfection that could make a poignant ballad or a silly ditty sound equally sublime. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Weirdsmobile: Well, I also feed them Purina One, which cuts the "scat" down, as, and this may just be marketing, the less filler in the pet food, the more compact the scat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Awareness is what enables a hunter, as he stalks an elk or a sheep, not to focus so exclusively on that animal that he is blind to all the signs -- such as scat or tracks, a dip ahead in the terrain where a bear could be concealed, magpies clustered in a tree, the scent of decaying meat -- that could possibly signal a bear's presence. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Minnie the Moocher" is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed ("scat") lyrics (for example, "Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi"). ❋ Zen Tiger (2008)

For those that didn't know, "scat" is whale feces. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Perhaps I don't understand the significance of "You Really Got Me," but it seems to me that 'scat' vocals had been around in Jazz music since Louis Armstrong; when he started using that technique people thought that it wasn't singing at all, and that music had reached a new low, but people quickly got over it. ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

He's the one who used to stag in that wild "scat" style: "Blip-blip-de-blop-de-blam-blam -" And people like Cootie Williams, and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, who'd kid me about his conk-he had nothing up there but skin. ❋ X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 (1964)

The other player takes this quickly and tries to "scat" or hit the opponent's palm with the ruler before he can withdraw his hand. ❋ Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (N/A)

My long-legged boots followed each other in quick succession toward the unhappy kitten, and I yelled "scat" in a very vindictive way. ❋ John Beatty (N/A)

But in their exodus, whencesoever they started, what all alike sought was liberty; which, for them, meant the right to do exactly as they pleased to others, and freedom from paying "scat" or dues to a superior lord. ❋ James Gray (N/A)

Fitzgerald’s improvisations with nonsensical syllables, simulating an instrumental solo, came to be known as scat singing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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