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# scat

interjection; verb (scat, scats, scatted, scatting) (informal, old use)

«scat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. «Scat!» is a shout to make an animal or a pest go away quickly: shoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/#m1)
2. To scat is to run away quickly, to dash off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories «scat!» is shouted to chase a creature away; «scooted» and «scatted» mean ran off quickly

### Examples

- Scat, you cat! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/#x1)
- When Miss Rabbit said «scat», they scatted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/#x2)
- The mice scatted off the table when the cat came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; «scattered» in a sum is a different word, meaning spread about

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scat.html) on Mova free.