Associations to the word «Scat»

Wiktionary

SCAT, noun. A tax; tribute.
SCAT, noun. (UK dialectal) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
SCAT, noun. (biology) Animal excrement; dung.
SCAT, noun. (slang) Heroin.
SCAT, noun. (slang) (obsolete) Whiskey.
SCAT, noun. (slang) Coprophilia.
SCAT, noun. (UK) (dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
SCAT, noun. (music) (jazz) Scat singing.
SCAT, verb. (music) (jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
SCAT, verb. (colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
SCAT, verb. (colloquial) An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.
SCAT SINGING, noun. (jazz) (singing) The act of vocalizing, using nonsense syllables or sounds (e.g. "dool-yuh doot-n dwee-dah") to create an improvised melodic solo, often imitative of other musical instruments.

Dictionary definition

SCAT, noun. Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument.
SCAT, verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up".

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky