1. Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
   "Ella Fitzgerald was renowned for her incredible scat singing improvisations";
   - scat singing
    
2. Faecal matter of animals
   "Bird scat covered the statue in the park";
   - droppings, dung, muck

1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   "If you see this man, scat!";
   - run, scarper [Brit, informal], turn tail [informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], run away, hightail it [N. Amer, informal], bunk [informal], head for the hills [informal], take to the woods [informal], escape, fly the coop [informal], break away, leg it [Brit, informal]

Sounds like: skat

Derived forms: scatted, scats, scatting

Type of: BM, dejection, faecal matter [Brit, Cdn], faeces [Brit, Cdn], fecal matter [N. Amer], feces [N. Amer], go away, go forth, jazz, leave, off [informal], ordure, singing, stool, vocalising [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Scat