scat
1to go off hastily (often used in the imperative).
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1Words Nearby scat
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to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing, in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song.
scat singing.
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2Other definitions for scat (3 of 6)
the excrement of a wild animal.
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or scatt
(in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.
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5Other definitions for scat- (6 of 6)
variant of scato- before a vowel.
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How to use scat in a sentence
When the volunteers found scat, they picked it up with gloves.
Are coyotes moving into your neighborhood? | Kathryn Hulick | September 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsCoyote scat contains lots of hair from animals the coyote ate.
Are coyotes moving into your neighborhood? | Kathryn Hulick | September 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThey tossed out scat samples that probably weren’t from coyotes.
Are coyotes moving into your neighborhood? | Kathryn Hulick | September 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSome dogs can even identify scat from one individual animal.
Conservation is going to the dogs | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 2, 2020 | Science News For StudentsWasser discovered that he could get DNA, hormones, toxins and other information out of scat.
Conservation is going to the dogs | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 2, 2020 | Science News For Students
I remember I heard something fiddling around in the galley, and I hollered 'scat!'
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) | VariousThe poor man, in an access both of alarm and courage, whirled the bar about his head and shouted "scat!"
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. Skinnerscat′hold, open ground for pasture; scat′land, land which paid duty for rights of pasture and peat.
In fact, it would have spoiled everything, and Angel encouraged the animal's exit with a suppressed "scat!"
Angel Unawares | C. N. WilliamsonAnd every man went his way, and the corps are the "scat-ups" to this day.
Cornish Saints and Sinners | J. Henry Harris
British Dictionary definitions for scat (1 of 4)
/ (skæt) /
(intr; usually imperative) informal to go away in haste
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1British Dictionary definitions for scat (2 of 4)
/ (skæt) /
a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words
(intr) to sing jazz in this way
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2British Dictionary definitions for scat (3 of 4)
/ (skæt) /
any marine and freshwater percoid fish of the Asian family Scatophagidae, esp Scatophagus argus, which has a beautiful coloration
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3British Dictionary definitions for scat (4 of 4)
/ (skæt) /
an animal dropping
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