scat
IPA: skˈæt
noun
- A tax; tribute.
- (UK dialectal) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
- (biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (slang, obsolete) Whiskey.
- (slang, pornography) Coprophilia.
- (UK, dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
- (music, jazz) Scat singing.
- Any fish in the family Scatophagidae
verb
- (music, jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
- (colloquial) To leave quickly.
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Examples of "scat" in Sentences
- Possibly related to scud or scat.
- It in some ways resembles scat singing.
- Least weasel scat is diameter, and long.
- Spraint or scat is the dung of the otter.
- Their scat resembles that of domestic dogs.
- A common slang term for this is 'scat sex'.
- There's no established niche for scat singing.
- The Common Scat is omnivorous and an indiscriminate eater.
- The distinction from the perversion seems taken care of under scat.
- He played the conga drums and saxophone and was an inventive scat singer.
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