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scat1 vb scats, scatting, scatted (intr; usually imperative) Informal to go away in haste [perhaps from a hiss + the word cat, used to frighten away cats] scat2 n (Music) a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words vb scats, scatting, scatted (Music) (intr) to sing jazz in this way [perhaps imitative] scat3 n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine and freshwater percoid fish of the Asian family Scatophagidae, esp Scatophagus argus, which has a beautiful coloration [shortened from Scatophagus; see scato-] scat4 n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) an animal dropping [see scato-] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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--of course I'm going," yelled the general, as quick as scat. He only stayed at his country scat a few days on this occasion, but he had time to make his arrangements. There you would have to lie at single anchor with your naked spars showing to seaward over these barren fragments of land scat tered upon a very intensely blue sea. |
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