dictionary definitions for "scat"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scat \Scat\, Scatt \Scatt\, n. [Icel. skattr.]
     Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scat \Scat\, n.
     A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scat \Scat\ (sk[a^]t), interj.
     Go away; begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
     [1913 Webster] Scat

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scat
      n 1: singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for
           the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical
           instrument [syn: scat, scat singing]
      v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
           man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
           up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
           run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
           take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, {break
           away}]


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