| scat | | |
| n. (act) | 1. scat, scat singing | singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument. |
| ~ singing, vocalizing | the act of singing vocal music. |
| ~ jazz | a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles. |
| v. (motion) | 2. break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic. |
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