scat
singing jazz;
the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Syn:
scat singing
• Hypernyms:
singing, vocalizing, jazz
flee;
take to one's heels;
cut and run
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
• Syn:
run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away,
run away, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape,
fly the coop, break away
• Derivationally related forms:
runaway (for: run away), lam (for: lam)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Hyponyms:
flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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