Scat (Noun)
Meaning
Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The jazz singer's scat was so convincing that it sounded like a saxophone solo.
- Her scat was a mesmerizing blend of "doo-wahs" and "yah-yahs" that brought the crowd to its feet.
- The vocalist's scat was so intricate that it seemed to rival the complexity of the piano accompaniment.
- As the band launched into the final chorus, the singer let loose with a scat that was both playful and virtuosic.
- The scat that Ella Fitzgerald sang on that famous recording is still widely imitated by jazz vocalists today.