scat

Example Sentences

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Instead he looks for scat and footprints, which were harder to spot in the winter because of the frozen ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“And there’s lots of coyote scat — they’re just marauding around. The lizards are back and some of my roses survived.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Newly christened, she became known for scat singing, a vocal style that originated with ragtime - which enabled her to improvise melodies using her voice as an instrument.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

For music, the show has an original score by the veteran trombonist Craig Harris, played by a jazz band that includes three vocalists who do sometimes scat.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Only in one area have scientists discovered younger dung balls: on several Caribbean islands, in particular Cuba and Hispaniola, they found petrified ground-sloth scat dating to about 5000 BC.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari