"scats" in the noun sense
1. scat, scat singing
singing jazz the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
"scats" in the verb sense
1. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
flee take to one's heels cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
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