scram
To leave in a hurry; to go awayTo leave in a hurry; to go away.
» Scram, you cats!
Meaning
7 senses(imperative, intransitive, often)To leave in a hurry; to go away.
What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!
abhauen, abzischen, Land gewinnen
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(transitive)To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
(intransitive)Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
(Derbyshire, Wales, transitive)To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
(US, archaic, transitive)To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive)To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.
- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Examples
2 sentencesScram, you cats!
Scram. I'm busy.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Probably either: Uncertain; the verb is possibly derived from etymology 1. It has been suProbably either:
Uncertain; the verb is possibly derived from etymology 1. It has been suggested that the word is an acronym for phrases like “safety control rod actuator mechanism”, “safety cut rope axe man”, “safety control rod axe man”, and “safety control rods activation mechanism”, but these are most likely backronyms.
The verb is a variant of dialectal English scramb (“to pull or rake together with the hands; to gather a handful of something from the ground; to scratch with the claws or nails; to pull down violently; to tear off; to maul about; a handful of something from the ground”), possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”); see etymology 1.
Origin unknown.
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Forms
scrams, scramming, scrammed, scrammedSynonyms
4 synonyms- leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form:buzz offfuck offgetbugger off
Word family
1 related wordsLessons 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