scat
To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or…To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
» When Mary wasn't home, Tom would watch scat porn.
Meaning
2 sensesTo sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
(colloquial)To leave quickly.
Here comes the principal; we'd better scat.
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Examples
5 sentencesWhen Mary wasn't home, Tom would watch scat porn.
Sasha is known for her musicality and her ability to improvise or “scat.”
Tom became concerned about Mary's scat fetish.
Louis Armstrong was a well-known exponent of scat singing.
People don't like going online to look at memes and seeing a bunch of gore, scat, and Nazism, so they avoid 4chan.
Origin
1920s, probably imitative. Mid 19th century:Forms
scats, scatting, scatted, scattedSynonyms
12 synonyms- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run:runscarperturn taillamrun awayhightail itbunkhead for the hills
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle