scatt

noun

1. scat5.

noun

1. (in the Shetland and Orkney Islands) a crown tax, as for use of common lands.

verb scats, scatting or scatted

1. (intr; usually imperative) informal to go away in haste

noun

1. a type of jazz singing characterized by improvised vocal sounds instead of words

verb scats, scatting or scatted

2. (intr) to sing jazz in this way

noun

1. any marine and freshwater percoid fish of the Asian family Scatophagidae, esp Scatophagus argus, which has a beautiful coloration

noun

1. an animal dropping

interj.“go away!” 1838, from expression quicker than s’cat “in a great hurry,” probably representing a hiss followed by the word cat. n.1“nonsense patter sung to jazz,” 1926, probably of imitative origin, from one of the syllables used. As a verb, 1935, from the noun. Related: Scatting. n.2“filth, dung,” 1950, from Greek stem skat- “dung” (see scatology).