scat
Pronunciation Noun

scat (plural scats)

  1. A tax; tribute.
  2. (UK dialectal) A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
Noun

scat (uncountable)

  1. (biology) Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
    • 2018 Brent Butt as Brent Herbert Leroy, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated
      Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.
  2. (slang) Heroin.
  3. (slang, obsolete) Whiskey.
  4. (slang) Coprophilia.
    • 1988, “Pete”, quoted in Seymour Kleinberg, Alienated Affections: Being Gay in America, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-312-02158-0, page 183 ↗:
      Enema queens, like scat queens, are really the scum of the earth.
    • 1998, Dennis Cooper, Guide, Grove Press, ISBN 978-0-8021-3580-3, page 170 ↗:
      “ […] I hear he’s into S&M and scat and all kinds of kinky shit. […] ”
    • 2004, Phineas Mollod and Jason Tesauro, The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses & Ringless Carousers, Ten Speed Press, ISBN 978-1-58008-601-1, page 72 ↗:
      In short, when venturing into the realm of extreme fetish, ensure you have an extreme understanding of a partner’s boundaries before laying down a plastic tarp for scat play.
  5. (UK, dialect) A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
Synonyms Related terms Translations Noun

scat (plural scats)

  1. (music, jazz) Scat singing.
Verb

scat (scats, present participle scatting; past and past participle scatted)

  1. (music, jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
Verb

scat (scats, present participle scatting; past and past participle scatted)

  1. (colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
    Here comes the principal; we'd better scat.
  2. (colloquial) An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.
    Scat! Go on! Get out of here!
Translations
  • Russian: сва́ливать
Translations
  • Russian: брысь
Noun

scat (plural scats)

  1. Any fish in the family Scatophagidae



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