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SCAT SINGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scat singing mean? 

SCAT SINGING (noun)
  The noun SCAT SINGING has 1 sense:

1. singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrumentplay

  Familiarity information: SCAT SINGING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCAT SINGING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

scat; scat singing

Hypernyms ("scat singing" is a kind of...):

singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)

jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)


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