The Clue
Imitate Mel Torme (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAT
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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"Git!"
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"Scram!"
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Ailurophobe's cry
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"Beat it!"
Beat it!
Command to Tabby
Fitzgerald forte
Fitzgerald specialty
Fitzgerald's forte
"Flee, feline!"
"Get away!"
"Get out!"
"Go away!"
Go away!
Hightail it
Improvise, musically
Jazz singing
Jazz term
Singing style
Word to a tabby
E. Fitzgerald forte
Ella Fitzgerald specialty
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Jazz-singing form
Sing like Ella
Type of jazz singing
Sing like Ella Fitzgerald
Go "shooby-doo," or just "shoo"
Definition
SCAT as a noun:
1. (scat, scat singing) = singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
SCAT as a verb:
1. (scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away) = flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"