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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument;
[syn: scat, scat singing]


VERB (1)

1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
- Example: "If you see this man, run!"
- Example: "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
[syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scat \Scat\ (sk[a^]t), interj.
   Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
   [1913 Webster] Scat


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scat \Scat\, Scatt \Scatt\, n. [Icel. skattr.]
   Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scat \Scat\, n.
   A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scat
    n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for
         the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical
         instrument [syn: scat, scat singing]
    v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
         man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
         up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
         run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
         take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break
         away]