Associations to the word «Scram»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SCRAM, verb. Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative).
SCRAM, verb. (ambitransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
SCRAM, noun. A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor
SCRAM, noun. Alternative spelling of SCRAM
SCRAM, verb. (Wales) Scratch with claws or fingernails.
SCRAM, noun. (Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
SCRAM, noun. The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.
SCRAM, noun. In a more general sense, an emergency shutdown.
Dictionary definition
SCRAM, verb. Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.