scram

Plural: scrams

Verb

Verb Forms: scrammed, scramming, scrams

• To leave quickly and in a hurry.
• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
  • "Scram!"
• To leave in a hurry; to go away.
• To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
• Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
• To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
• To mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
• Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
• To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.

Noun

• A gun, firearm.
• A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
• The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.
• A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
• A mine previously worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed, but which is still being mined on a small scale.

Examples

• He hoped his opponent would SCRAM from the winning position he’d just secured.
• What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!

Synonyms

bugger off, buzz off, fuck off, get

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