noun
singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• Syn: ↑scat
• Hypernyms: ↑singing, ↑vocalizing, ↑jazz
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Jazz.
singing in which the singer substitutes improvised nonsense syllables for the words of a song, and tries to sound and phrase like a musical instrument.
[1925-30]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.