nnoun.actsinging jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrumentSynset:scat singing
Hypernyms:jazz singing vocalizing
Inherited Hypernyms:scatjazzpopular musicmusic genreexpressive stylecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scatjazzpopular musicmusic genremusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scatsingingmusical performanceperformancepresentationshowentertainmentdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scatsingingmusical performanceperforming artshumanistic disciplinedisciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:scatsingingvocal musicmusicactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionflee; take to one's heels; cut and runSynset:break away bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper take to the woods turn tail
Examples:- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Derivationally Related Form:runawaylam
Hypernyms:go away go forth leave
Inherited Hypernyms:scatleave
Direct Hyponyms:fleeflyskedaddletake flight
Full Troponyms:abscondbreakdefectelopeeludeescapeexfiltratefleehigh-taillevantratrun awayshakeskedaddleslipstampede
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP