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scat
1[ skat ]
verb (used without object)
Informal.
scatted, scatting.
- to go off hastily (often used in the imperative).
scat
2[ skat ]
verb (used without object)
scatted, scatting.
- to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing, in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song.
noun
- scat singing.
scat
3[ skat ]
noun
- the excrement of a wild animal.
scat
4[ skat ]
noun
Slang.
scat
5or scatt
[ skat ]
noun
- (in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.
scat-
6- variant of scato- before a vowel.
scat
1/ æ /
verb
- informal.intr; usually imperative to go away in haste
scat
2/ æ /
noun
- a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words
verb
- intr to sing jazz in this way
scat
3/ æ /
noun
- any marine and freshwater percoid fish of the Asian family Scatophagidae, esp Scatophagus argus, which has a beautiful coloration
scat
4/ æ /
noun
- an animal dropping
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scat1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; of uncertain origin
Origin of scat2
First recorded in 1925–30; of uncertain origin
Origin of scat3
First recorded in 1925–30; origin uncertain; compare British dialect (southwestern) scat “to scatter, fling down, bespatter”; Greek skat- (stem of ô “dܲԲ”; scato- ) is an unlikely source, given popular character of the word and unmotivated derivation pattern
Origin of scat4
First recorded in 1945–50; of uncertain origin; compare earlier scat (slang) “whiskey”
Origin of scat5
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Old Norse skattr “tax, treasure”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scat1
C19: perhaps from a hiss + the word cat, used to frighten away cats
Origin of scat2
C20: perhaps imitative
Origin of scat3
C20: shortened from Scatophagus; see scato-
Origin of scat4
C20: see scato-
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