The Clue
"Shoo, kitty!" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAT
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Begone!"
Begone!
"Out!"
"Scram!"
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"Shoo!"
Shoo
Shoo!
___ singing
Skedaddle
"Vamoose!"
Vamoose
Vamoose!
Ailurophobe's cry
Ailurophobe's word
"Away with you!"
"Be gone!"
"Beat it!"
Ella's forte
Fitzgerald's forte
"Flee, feline!"
"Get lost!"
Hightail it
Improvise, musically
Improvise, in a way
It's nonsense
Jazz singing
Leave in a hurry
Nonsense singing
"Scram, Tabby!"
Shoo, to Socks
Shoo's cousin
Silly singing
Tormé specialty
Word to a cat
"Get lost, Morris!"
"Minnie the Moocher" feature
Sing like Ella
Sing "shooby-doo"
Some jazz singing
Type of jazz singing
Louis Armstrong popularized it
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"