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scat

Definitions

[skat], (Verb)

Definitions:
- go away; leave
(e.g: Scat! Leave me alone)

Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps an abbreviation of scatter, or perhaps from the sound of a hiss (used to drive an animal away) + -cat

[skat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument
(e.g: a scat rendition)

Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: probably imitative

[skat], (Verb)

Definitions:
- sing using the voice in imitation of an instrument
(e.g: she scats and harmonizes simultaneously)

Phrases:

Origin:
1920s: probably imitative

[skat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- droppings, especially those of carnivorous mammals
(e.g: fresh bear scat)

Phrases:

Origin:
1950s: from Greek skōr, skat- ‘dung’

[skat], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small deep-bodied silvery fish that lives in inshore and estuarine waters of the Indo-Pacific

Phrases:

Origin:
1960s: abbreviation of modern Latin Scatophagidae, from Greek skatophagos ‘dung-eating’ (because the fish is often found beside sewage outlets)

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