scramming

verb (used without object), scrammed, scram·ming. Informal.

1. to go away; get out (usually used as a command): I said I was busy, so scram.

noun

1. the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.

verb (used with object)

2. to shut down (a nuclear reactor) rapidly in an emergency.

verb scrams, scramming or scrammed

1. (intr; often imperative) informal to go away hastily; get out

noun

1. an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor

verb

2. (of a nuclear reactor) to shut down or be shut down in an emergency

v.1928, U.S. slang, either a shortened form of scramble (v.) or from German schramm, imperative singular of schrammen “depart.” Related: Scrammed; scramming.