Definitions
Jazz singing that uses improvised nonsense syllables.
Word origin
From Middle English scet, schat, from Old English sċeatt (“property, goods”) and Old Norse skattr (“wealth, treaure”); both from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle, kine, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *skatn-, *skat- (“to jump, skip, splash out”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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. […]””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Improvised jazz vocals”4 letters
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