scat
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skōr, “excrement”)
[edit] Noun
scat (uncountable)
- (biology) Animal excrement; dung.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (slang, obsolete) Whiskey.
- (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.
- 1988, “Pete”, quoted in Seymour Kleinberg, Alienated Affections: Being Gay in America, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-312-02158-0, page 183:
[edit] Synonyms
- (excrement (slang)): do do, dooky, crap, poop, shit
- (animal excrement): droppings, spoor (biology, hunting, trailing, trapping)
[edit] Related terms
- scatology (dung)
- scatological
[edit] Etymology 2
Probably imitative.
[edit] Noun
scat (plural scats)
- (music, jazz) Scat singing.
[edit] Verb
scat (third-person singular simple present scats, present participle scatting, simple past and past participle scatted)
- (music, jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
[edit] Etymology 3
From the expression quicker than s'cat (“in a great hurry”)
[edit] Verb
scat (third-person singular simple present scats, present participle scatting, simple past and past participle scatted)
- (colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
- Here comes the principal; we'd better scat.
- (colloquial) An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.
- Scat! Go on! Get out of here!