scat 1 | skat |
verb (scats, scatting | skadiNG |, scatted | skadəd |) [no object, usually in imperative] informal
go away; leave: Scat! Leave me alone.
scat 3 | skat |
noun
droppings, especially those of carnivorous mammals: fresh bear scat | [count noun] : samples of scats from otters | wolf scats.
origin
1950s: from Greek skōr, skat- ‘dung’.
scat 4 | skat |
noun
a small deep-bodied silvery fish that lives in inshore and estuarine waters of the Indo-Pacific.
Family Scatophagidae: several genera and species. See also argus (sense 3 of the noun)
origin
1960s: abbreviation of modern Latin Scatophagidae, from Greek skatophagos ‘dung-eating’ (because the fish is often found beside sewage outlets).
crap snackers?