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Definition of Scat
1. Verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Specialized synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight, Skedaddle
Derivative terms: Lam, Runaway
2. Noun. Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument.
Definition of Scat
1. interj. Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
2. n. Tribute.
3. n. A shower of rain.
Definition of Scat
1. Noun. A tax; tribute. ¹
2. Noun. (UK dialectal) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands. ¹
3. Noun. (biology) Animal excrement; dung. ¹
4. Noun. (slang) Heroin. ¹
5. Noun. (slang obsolete) Whiskey. ¹
6. Noun. (slang) Coprophilia. ¹
7. Noun. (music jazz) Scat singing. ¹
8. Verb. (music jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments. ¹
9. Verb. (colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative). ¹
10. Verb. (colloquial) An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scat
1. to leave hastily [v SCATTED, SCATTING, SCATS]