scat singing
The act of vocalizing, using nonsense syllables or sounds to create an improvised…The act of vocalizing, using nonsense syllables or sounds (e.g. "dool-yuh doot-n dwee-dah") to create an improvised melodic solo, often imitative of other musical instruments.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The act of vocalizing, using nonsense syllables or sounds (e.g. "dool-yuh doot-n dwee-dah") to create an improvised melodic solo, often imitative of other musical instruments.
More definitions
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument:scat
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedscat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable