Comb., as scat-singing n., singing in this style also as adj. representing the sound of a musical instrument, are used instead of words.ī. A style of improvised singing in which meaningless but expressive syllables, usu. A brief spell of weather a short turn of work.Ī. ‘Anything burst or broken open the sound of a rent the sharp sound of a bullet’ (E.D.D.). attrib., as scat-field, tax scat gild, the payment or tax of ‘scat’ scat haver, malt, oats, malt, taken in payment of ‘scat’ scat land, land subject to ‘scat’.Ģ. Also, in certain parts of Scotland and the north of England, the designation of various local imposts in the 15-17th c.Ģ. In Orkney and Shetland, the land-tax paid to the Crown by a udal tenant. with reference to countries under Scandinavian rule.ī. Other meanings (besides specific excrement) from the OED: Use Your Old Coffee Grounds To Clean Dishes, Kill Fleas And Much More | Lifehacker Australia 2009Īwareness is what enables a hunter, as he stalks an elk or a sheep, not to focus so exclusively on that animal that he is blind to all the signs - such as scat or tracks, a dip ahead in the terrain where a bear could be concealed, magpies clustered in a tree, the scent of decaying meat - that could possibly signal a bear's presence. Weirdsmobile: Well, I also feed them Purina One, which cuts the " scat" down, as, and this may just be marketing, the less filler in the pet food, the more compact the scat. Her scat was her signature, but her voice possessed a heavenly perfection that could make a poignant ballad or a silly ditty sound equally sublime. The World's Greatest Books - Volume 06 - Fiction Various 1909 Joshua's mother said, that seemed to mean the same thing as a " scat" - our Cornish word for a blow - only the boy didn't seem to see it. I don't like the word scat anymore, because I learned what it literally means.Įsperanza Spalding: Voice of the Bass 2008Ī troll/crank hides and flings scat from the shadows because he fears exposure. TBTAM Does Italy - Part 5, Road Trip to Siena aka TBTAM 2007 I check out the brochure, but there is no course in scat singing. uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011ĭinkins would have no second term, as Giuliani sniped, bitched, needled, and flung scat from the sidelines during Dinkins 'entire term - with help from his new breed patrons on the media side, and swept into power on a pounding fist and a constant, yapping bark.Ī researcher with the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA is testing animal scat from the 1950s and 1960s to determine whether any were left by thylacines. I've never heard anyone say, in New Orleans, even the word ' scat'. noun singing jazz the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument.verb flee take to one's heels cut and run.verb colloquial An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.verb colloquial To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).noun A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.verb music, jazz To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.interjection Go away begone away - chiefly used in driving off a cat.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun A tax tribute specifically, a land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.Be off begone: addressed to cats and other small animals.noun A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.To scare or drive away (a cat or other small animal) by crying “Scat!”.noun Excrement, especially of an animal dung.noun Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody.intransitive verb To go away hastily leave at once.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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