scat

noun

Animal droppings, especially of a wild animal.

"The ranger identified the scat as belonging to a fox."

noun

A type of jazz singing using improvised nonsense syllables.

"Ella Fitzgerald was famous for her scat singing."

verb

To go away quickly; to shoo away.

"Scat! Get out of here, you pesky cat!"

verb

To sing in the style of scat.

"The singer began to scat during the instrumental break."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: run, head for the hills, bunk, take to the woods, turn tail, scarper, break away, run away, lam, fly the coop, hightail it, escape