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scat (1)
"go away!" 1838, from expression
quicker than s'cat
"in a great hurry," probably representing a hiss followed by the word
cat.
scat (n.2)
"nonsense patter sung to jazz," 1926, probably of imitative origin, from one of the syllables used.
scat (3)
"filth, dung," 1950, from Greek stem
skat-
"dung" (see
scatology
).