scat
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument • Syn: scat singing • Hypernyms: singing, vocalizing, jazz
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run - If you see this man, run! - The burglars escaped before the police showed up • Syn: run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, run away, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away • Derivationally related forms: runaway (for: run away), lam (for: lam) • Hypernyms: leave, go forth, go away • Hyponyms: flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP
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