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#: ''Here comes the principal; we'd better '''scat'''''.
#: ''Here comes the principal; we'd better '''scat'''''.
#: '''''Scat!''' Go on! Get out of here!''
#: '''''Scat!''' Go on! Get out of here!''
# {{music|jazz}} To sing an improvised [[melody|melodic]] solo using nonsense syllables, often imitative of other musical instruments.
# {{rfv-sense}} {{UK}} {{colloquial}} Impromptu race. "Do you want a scat down the harbour?".
# {{rfv-sense}} Demolish. "What happened to the old shed? I scat it down.".


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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

scat (uncountable)

  1. Template:biology Animal excrement; dung.
  2. Template:music Scat singing.
  3. Template:slang Heroin.
  4. Template:slang Whiskey.

Verb

scat (third-person singular simple present scats, present participle scatting, simple past and past participle scatted)

  1. Template:colloquial To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
    Here comes the principal; we'd better scat.
    Scat! Go on! Get out of here!