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Definition of SCRAM
1. Verb. Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form. "Scram!"
Definition of SCRAM
1. Noun. The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods. ¹
2. Noun. In a more general sense, an emergency shutdown. ¹
3. Verb. Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative). ¹
4. Verb. (ambitransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown. ¹
5. Noun. A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor ¹
6. Noun. (alternative spelling of SCRAM) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of SCRAM
1. to leave quickly [v SCRAMMED, SCRAMMING, SCRAMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of SCRAM
Literary usage of SCRAM
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"Several ladies яч-п on board, and, be it said to their praise, they l*- haved
like true heroines ; no fainting or scram- ing; all as quiet as could be ..."
2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1833)
"... Now twenty »tone my weight U," I shall certainly be exonerated from the charge
of having "scram- bled up a large willow as quick as a squirrel," which ..."
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