scat
verb
[ skat ]
• go away; leave.
• "Scat! Leave me alone"
Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps an abbreviation of scatter, or perhaps from the sound of a hiss (used to drive an animal away) + -cat .
scat
noun
• improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument.
• "a scat rendition"
scat
verb
• sing using the voice in imitation of an instrument.
• "she scats and harmonizes simultaneously"
Origin:
1920s: probably imitative.
scat
noun
• droppings, especially those of carnivorous mammals.
• "fresh bear scat"
Origin:
1950s: from Greek skōr, skat- ‘dung’.
scat
noun
• a small deep-bodied silvery fish that lives in inshore and estuarine waters of the Indo-Pacific.
Origin:
1960s: abbreviation of modern Latin Scatophagidae, from Greek skatophagos ‘dung-eating’ (because the fish is often found beside sewage outlets).
