scram
1[skram]
- to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.
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Origin of scram
11925–30; probably shortened form of scramble (but compare German schramm, imperative singular of schrammen to depart)
scram
2[skram]Informal.
- the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
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- to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.
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Origin of scram
21945–50; perhaps identical with scram1, though sense development is unclear
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Historical Examples of scramming
We are scramming through that crowd like mad, and we are in the clear.
Hoiman and the Solar CircuitGordon Dewey
I was confronted with the alternatives of scramming or calling him a liar.
The Old MartiansRoger Phillips Graham
scram
1- (intr; often imperative) informal to go away hastily; get out
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Word Origin for scram
C20: shortened from scramble
scram
2- an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
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- (of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency
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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.
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