scat

noun

1. A tax; tribute.
2. (Shetland)A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
3. (countable, uncountable)Animal excrement; droppings, dung.

   “They turned to polar bear feces, or scat, as it is commonly called. […] She and Quinoa [a dog] worked with Dr. Rockwell to collect and study samples of polar bear scat for several years and found that the bears were eating lots of geese.”

   “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.”

4. (countable, slang, uncountable)Heroin.
5. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Whiskey.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable)Coprophilia, scatophilia.

   “Enema queens, like scat queens, are really the scum of the earth.”

   ““[…] I hear he’s into S&M and scat and all kinds of kinky shit. […]””

   “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.”

7. (uncommon)A blow; a hit, an impact.

   “... a shot rang out, followed immediately by the "scat" of a bullet against the rock behind which he lay concealed. A tramp of heavy Galloway brogans was heard, and a half-hearted kicking about among the heather bushes, and at last[…]”

   “... the soft and pitying eyes seemed to shame him, "like a scat in the face," he said to himself. But who was he that he should care for any blow across the cheek now, if it was not hard enough to hurt?”

8. (UK, dialectal)A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

   “Low black Clouds on it being ſoppoſed to prognoſticate Rain in the Places beneath it, it has been a ſtanding old Saw, When Haldon hath a Hat, Kenton beware a Skat.”

   “... a scat of heavy rain on a squall of wind shut out the harbour for a time. Mrs. Tregenza waited until Joan had disappeared, then went back to her kitchen, closed the door, sat in Grey Michael's great chair by the hearth,[…]”

   “"I am never away." The tail end of a scat of rain beat on their faces. From the hollow on their left, the wind came booming up.”

9. Scat singing.
10. Any fish in the family Scatophagidae.

verb

1. To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
2. (colloquial)To leave quickly.

   “Here comes the principal; we'd better scat.”

   “We have to scat! Oh-oh—I forgot to look at the clock!”

   “Her mother looked at me in fright and quickly scatted with her daughter back down the hall.”

   “Ali tried talking to this short boy but he quickly scatted away from her.”

   “One last word, then I have to scat.”

intj

1. (colloquial)An imperative demand to leave, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.

   “Scat! Go on! Get out of here!”

   “Scat! Shoo! Scat! Geet up! Geet on! Nobody's sick in this house! Nobody wants you here!”

   ““Scat! Shoo bird!” The bird merely stared, its dark eyes glinting.”

   “'Scat! Go on, scat!' she called, trying to shoo it away.”