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quicker than scat

quicker than scat adverb: very quickly, in a great hurry.

Adverb

quicker than scat (not comparable)

  1. (US, simile) very quickly, in a great hurry.
    • Pop! went his gun, and the fire ran down the hill quicker than scat!1865, Charles Carleton Coffin, Winning His Way, page 7
    • I guess he didn't think we'd seen him 'cause, quicker than scat, he jumped 'hind er big oak tree an' in er minute or two he came out and started trudgin' 'long towards whar we wus standin'; but he had left ther fish 'hind ther tree.1912 July, M. R. Umberhind, “Henry Holman's Pilgrimage”, in National Magazine, page 422

Questions about quicker than scat

What does quicker than scat mean?
Quicker than scat means very quickly, in a great hurry.
What part of speech is quicker than scat?
Quicker than scat is an adverb.

Words near quicker than scat in the dictionary

  1. quickens up
  2. quicker
  3. quicker on the draw
  4. quicker sighted
  5. quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper
  6. quicker than scat
  7. quicker-and-dirtier
  8. quicker-sighted
  9. quickest
  10. quickest on the draw
  11. quickest sighted

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