1. to go away quickly
Usage: informal

1. a style of jazz singing using nonsense syllables instead of words
2. animal droppings, especially those used to track wildlife
Usage: technical

1. used to drive away an animal, especially a cat
Usage: informal

Examples

• Scat! Get off the counter!
• The cat scattered when I yelled scat at it.
• The kids decided to scat before their parents came home.
• Ella Fitzgerald was famous for her scat singing.
• The jazz singer improvised with scat vocals during the solo.
• The wildlife biologist examined bear scat to study their diet.
• Fresh deer scat indicated the animals had passed through recently.