scram

[skram]

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verb (used without object), scrammed, scram·ming. Informal.

to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.

Origin of scram

1925–30; probably shortened form of scramble (but compare German schramm, imperative singular of schrammen to depart)

scram

[skram]Informal.

noun

the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.

verb (used with object)

to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.

Origin of scram

1945–50; perhaps identical with scram¹, though sense development is unclear

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Related Words for scramming

vamoose, hightail, depart, skedaddle, decamp, scoot, disappear

Examples from the Web for scramming

Historical Examples of scramming

We are scramming through that crowd like mad, and we are in the clear.
Hoiman and the Solar Circuit
Gordon Dewey
I was confronted with the alternatives of scramming or calling him a liar.
The Old Martians
Roger Phillips Graham

British Dictionary definitions for scramming

scram

verb scrams, scramming or scrammed

(intr; often imperative) informal to go away hastily; get out

Word Origin for scram

C20: shortened from scramble

scram

noun

an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor

verb

(of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency

Word Origin for scram

C20: perhaps from scram 1

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Word Origin and History for scramming

scram

1928, U.S. slang, either a shortened form of scramble (v.) or from German schramm, imperative singular of schrammen "depart." Related: Scrammed; scramming.