scat

To go away hastily; leave at once.

Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody.

To sing scat.

Excrement, especially of an animal; dung.

A tax; tribute; specifically, a land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.

Damage; loss.

Be off; begone: addressed to cats and other small animals.

To scare or drive away (a cat or other small animal) by crying “Scat!”

See skat.

A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.