scat (redirected from scatting)

scat ¹  (skt)

intr.v. scat·ted, scat·ting, scats Informal

To go away hastily; leave at once.

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[Origin unknown.]

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scat ²  (skt)

n.

Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody.

intr.v. scat·ted, scat·ting, scats

To sing scat.

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[Origin unknown.]

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scat ³  (skt)

n.

Excrement, especially of an animal; dung.

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[Origin unknown.]

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scat ¹

Verb

[scatting, scatted] Informal to go away in haste [origin unknown]

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scat ²

Noun

a type of jazz singing using improvised vocal sounds instead of words

Verb

[scatting, scatted]

to sing jazz in this way [perhaps imitative]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scat - singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument scat singing singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music jazz - a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
Verb	1.	scat - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" skedaddle - run away, as if in a panic