Scat

Definition: Scat

Scat

Noun

1. Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Slang

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SCAT

SCAT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Scat

Crosswords: Scat

French (scat).

You know, scat. Droppings (Hey Arnold!; writing credit: Luís Filipe Rocha)

Scat bung, bung, bung, bung ("Mr. Sandman"; performing artist: The Chordettes)

Scat Cats (1957)

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Books

• Scat (reference)

• Scat Cat| Ort/Rhyme and Analogy 6-Pack (reference)

• Scat! Scat! (reference)

• Scat!: Vocal Improvisation Techniques (reference)

• Scat, Cats (Viking Easy-To-Read. Level 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

G'way! scat! I'm busy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression using "scat": scat singing. Additional references.

Beginning with "scat": scat-singing.

Albanian

shu, rrebesh (cloud-burst, deluge, downpour, spate, storm), kuç, arratisem (break, break out, decamp, elope, escape, evade, run off, scoot, sling one's hook, take away, take flight). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نوع من الموسيقي, ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏جرى (carry out, execute, float, flow, occur, precipitate, roll, run, take place, transact), ‏إنطلق بسرعة (breeze, clip, fleet, fly, lick, prick, rocket, scoot, scorch, scud, steam, tear away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

махам се (make one's scarce, make oneself scarce, pack off, piss off, quit, run along, scoot, scram, sheer off, shove off, take off), животински изпражнения, пст, импровизирам джазова мелодия, изпарявам се (boil down, dry off, evaporate, exhale, fume, make one's scarce, make oneself scarce, mosey, ooze, skedaddle, steam away, vanish into the void, vapor, vaporize, vapour, volatilize). (various references)

Czech

liják (downpour, drencher, pouring rain, shower), kšc, jedeš, daò (impost, levy, rate, tax, tribute). (various references)

Farsi 

مالیات (Imposition, Levy, Scot, Tax, Taxation), گمشدن , صدای پاره شدن چیزی , رگبارباران , دورشو, دورشدن (Recede). (various references)

French

scat, renvoyer, filer (scoot, scram), allez ouste. (various references)

German

Schaf-Blutkoerperchenagglutinations-Reaktion (sheep cell agglutination test), SBR (sheep cell agglutination test), verschwindet (disappears, vanishes), verschwinde (away, clear off, disappear), hasten (hasten, hurry, hustle, scurry, skelter). (various references)

Greek 

στρίβε, φύγε γρήγορα, δίνε του (cheese it, sling your hook). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"סתלק (be off, depart, exit, get away, go away, go off, make off, pop off, retire, scram, sheer off, skip, take off, withdraw). (various references)

Hungarian

halandzsázva énekel, földadó (land tax, Scot). (various references)

Italian

scamparla per il rotto della cuffia. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スキー�"��"� (scan, Scan Talk, scandal, scandalous, scanner, scanning, scanties, schizo, ski outfit, skid row, skim milk, skinny, skip, skipper, skit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スキャット . (various references)

Pig Latin

atscay.(various references)

Portuguese

torrente (flux, fresh, gush, river, torrent, volley), esterco (dirt, dung, fertilizer, manure, muck, ordure), dar o fora em (jilt, shove off, take to one's heels). (various references)

Russian 

рассыпаться (disperse, fall to pieces, molder, moulder), лавинный транзистор, дань (tribute). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zemljarina (land tax), odmagliti (beat it, leave, pack up, pop off, skip, take off), način pevanja. (various references)

Spanish

largarse (bugger off, buzz off, clear off, decamp, get, hop off, light out, lump it, make away, make off, pack away, pack off, pop off, push off, scoot, scram, sheer off, shove along, shove off, skiddoo, skip off, slink away, slink off, slip away, split, take off, walk off). (various references)

Swedish

stick (bite, cheese it, cut, dig, get, jab, prick, puncture, shove off, skiddoo, stick, thrust, twinge), försvinn (begone, get lost, shove off, skiddoo). (various references)

Turkish

yok ol, yaylanmak (bugger off, hop it, hop off, spring), yaylan (be off, begone, off with you, swing, swing it), uzamak (augment, continue, draw out, elongate, extend, grow longer, hold over, lengthen, linger, pull out, stretch, sweep), uza, pist (airfield, cinder path, course, floor, landing field, path, ring, runway, shoo, strip, tarmac, track), hemen uzaklaşmak, anlamsız hecelerle şarkı söylemek. (various references)

Ukrainian

тікати (abscond, beat, bung off, chivvy, chivy, elope, flee, go off, hop it, light out, run away, scoot, scram, scurry away, skedaddle, skirr, trundle), геть звідси!, злива (cannonade, cloud-burst, deluge, downfall, drench, drencher, floodwaters, gush, hail, pour, shower, soaker, spate), данина (tribute). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "scat": scatback, scatbacks, scathe, scathed, scatheless, scathes, scathing, scathingly, scatological, scatologies, scatology, scats, scatt, scatted, scatter, scatteration, scatterations, scatterbrain, scatterbrained, scatterbrains, scattered, scatterer, scatterers, scattergood, scattergoods, scattergram, scattergrams, scattergun, scatterguns, scattering, scatteringly, scatterings, scatters, scattershot, scattier, scattiest, scatting, scatts, scatty. (additional references)

Words ending with "scat": muscat, requiescat. (additional references)

Words containing "scat": backscatter, backscattered, backscattering, backscatterings, backscatters, confiscatable, confiscate, confiscated, confiscates, confiscating, confiscation, confiscations, confiscator, confiscators, confiscatory, coruscate, coruscated, coruscates, coruscating, coruscation, coruscations, lemniscate, lemniscates, miscatalog, miscataloged, miscataloging, miscatalogs, muscatel, muscatels, muscats, obfuscate, obfuscated, obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscation, obfuscations, obfuscatory, piscator, piscatorial, piscators, piscatory, requiescats, unscathed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acat, acstt, Ascat, Csta, ecat, escat, iccat, lcat, lsca, saat, sacau, sact, sacto, Sbat, sca, Scad, scae, scaf, scaft, scag, scal, scart, scata, Scati, scato, scatu, scatz, scav, scaw, Scca, Scda, scea, sceaf, sceat, scec, scet, schalt, Schatt, Scilt, scist, Scit, Sclat, scnat, Scoat, scosh, scrat, sdat, secalt, secate, secca, secta, sicav, sicut, ska, skaft, skait, skaz, sket, skut, smat, snat, spca, sqat, sst, suca, ucat, Ucatt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: acts, cast, cats.

-1 letter: act, cat, sac, sat, tas.

-2 letters: as, at, ta.

+1 letter: ascot, canst, cants, carts, caste, casts, cates, cesta, chats, clast, coast, coats, costa, facts, pacts, scant, scart, scats, scatt, scuta, stack, taces, tachs, tacks, tacos, tacts, talcs.

+2 letters: accost, actins, actors, acutes, antics, ascent, ascots, aspect, attics, bracts, cactus, cadets, cantos, cantus, carats, carets, cartes, casita, casket, caster, castes, castle, castor, caters, catsup, centas, cestas, chants, charts, chaste, cheats, claspt, clasts, cleats, coacts, coapts, coasts, coatis, costae, costal, costar, cotans, cottas, crafts, crates, crista, cuesta, cushat, cutlas, dicast, ducats, eclats, enacts, epacts, exacts, facets, mascot, mastic, misact, muscat, nastic, octads, octans, racist, reacts, recast, sacbut, sachet, sancta, scants, scanty, scarts, scathe, scatts, scatty, scotia, scrota, secant, slatch, snatch, stacks, stacte, stance, stanch, starch, static, swatch, taches, tarocs, thacks, ticals, traces, tracks, tracts, triacs, upcast, yachts.