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[skat], (Verb)
Definitions:
- go away; leave
(e.g: Scat! Leave me alone)
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Origin
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mid 19th century: perhaps an abbreviation of scatter, or perhaps from the sound of a hiss (used to drive an animal away) + -cat
[skat], (Noun)
Definitions:
- improvised jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument
(e.g: a scat rendition)
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Origin
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1920s: probably imitative
[skat], (Verb)
Definitions:
- sing using the voice in imitation of an instrument
(e.g: she scats and harmonizes simultaneously)
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Origin
:
1920s: probably imitative
[skat], (Noun)
Definitions:
- droppings, especially those of carnivorous mammals
(e.g: fresh bear scat)
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Origin
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1950s: from Greek skōr, skat- ‘dung’
[skat], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small deep-bodied silvery fish that lives in inshore and estuarine waters of the Indo-Pacific
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Origin
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1960s: abbreviation of modern Latin Scatophagidae, from Greek skatophagos ‘dung-eating’ (because the fish is often found beside sewage outlets)
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