Meaning of Scat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tax; tribute.
2. Animal excrement; droppings, dung.
   countable, uncountable
3. A blow; a hit, an impact.
   uncommon
4. Scat singing.
5. Any fish in the family Scatophagidae.
6. A land-tax paid in the Shetland Islands.
   Shetland
7. Heroin.
   countable, slang, uncountable
8. A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
   UK, dialectal
9. Whiskey.
   countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
10. Coprophilia, scatophilia.
    countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“They turned to polar bear⟳ feces, or scat, as it is commonly called. […] She and Quinoa [a dog] worked with Dr. Rockwell to collect⟳ and study⟳ samples of polar bear⟳ scat for several years and found that the bears were eating lots of geese.”

“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. […]””

“In short, when venturing into the realm of extreme fetish, ensure you have⟳ an extreme understanding of a partner’s boundaries before laying down a plastic tarp for scat play⟳.”

“... a shot rang out, followed immediately by the "scat" of a bullet against the rock behind which he lay⟳ concealed. A tramp of heavy Galloway brogans was heard, and a half-hearted kicking about among the heather bushes, and at last⟳[…]”

“... the soft and pitying eyes seemed to shame him, "like⟳ a scat in the face⟳," he said to himself. But who was he that he should care for any blow⟳ across the cheek now, if it was not hard enough to hurt⟳?”

“Low black Clouds on it being ſoppoſed to prognoſticate Rain⟳ in the Places beneath it, it has been a ſtanding old Saw⟳, When Haldon hath a Hat, Kenton beware a Skat.”

“... a scat of heavy rain⟳ on a squall of wind shut⟳ out the harbour for a time. Mrs. Tregenza waited until Joan had disappeared, then went back to her kitchen, closed the door, sat in Grey Michael's great chair by the hearth,[…]”

“"I am never away." The tail end⟳ of a scat of rain⟳ beat⟳ on their faces. From the hollow on their left, the wind came booming up.”

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