scram
see also: SCRAM
Pronunciation Verb
SCRAM
Noun
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see also: SCRAM
Pronunciation Verb
scram (scrams, present participle scramming; past and past participle scrammed)
- (often, imperative) Leave in a hurry, go away.
- What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!
- See also Thesaurus:go away
- French: dégager, décamper, ficher le camp, décaniller, se tirer, se barrer, se tailler, se casser
- German: abhauen, weggehen, verduften, abzischen, sich davonmachen, Reißaus nehmen, Land gewinnen, verschwinden
- Italian: andare via, smammare
- Portuguese: vazar, sumir
- Russian: вали́ть
- Spanish: largarse, irse, retirarse, marcharse
scram (scrams, present participle scraming; past and past participle scramed)
- Alternative form of SCRAM#English|SCRAM (“shut down nuclear reactor”)
- 1983, Michio Kaku & Jennifer Trainer (eds.), Nuclear Power: Both Sides, p. 22 ↗,
- The slightest problem in a reactor will cause the control rods to plunge automatically in the uranium core at hih speeds (this is called scramming the reactor) and stop the chain reaction.
- 1999, Charles Perrow, Normal Accidents: Living with High-risk Technologies, p. 44 ↗,
- This shut off current to the control rod mechanism, and the reactor scrammed (shut off) automatically.
- 2007, Samuel Upton Newtan, Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century, p. 113 ↗,
- The reactor was then "scramed", but the control rods did not slide back into the reactor.
- 1983, Michio Kaku & Jennifer Trainer (eds.), Nuclear Power: Both Sides, p. 22 ↗,
scram
- Alternative form of SCRAM#English|SCRAM (“shutdown of nuclear reactor”)
scram (scrams, present participle scramming; past and past participle scrammed)
- (Wales) scratch#Verb|Scratch with claws or fingernails.
- 1996–2014, “A Dictionary of Slang ↗”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013], accessed on 19 March 2014:
- Verb. ... 2. To scratch, with claws or fingernails. E.g. "It's my own fault the cat scrammed me, I was teasing it." [South Wales use]
- 1996–2014, “A Dictionary of Slang ↗”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013], accessed on 19 March 2014:
scram (plural scrams)
- (Wales) A scratch#Noun|scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
- 1996–2014, “A Dictionary of Slang ↗”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013], accessed on 19 March 2014:
- Noun. ... 2. A scratch. [South Wales use]
- 1996–2014, “A Dictionary of Slang ↗”, [http://web.archive.org/web/20130830021725/http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/s.htm archived on 30 August 2013], accessed on 19 March 2014:
SCRAM
Noun
scram
- The emergency shutdown device of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.
- An activation of the emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- (by extension) Any emergency shutdown.
scram (scrams, present participle scraming; past and past participle scramed)
- To use the shutdown or safety device of a nuclear reactor.
- (by extension) To use any emergency shutdown.
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