Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To leave a scene at once; go abruptly.
- intransitive verb To shut down automatically. Used of a nuclear reactor.
- noun A rapid shutting down of a nuclear reactor, especially in an emergency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to shut down (a nuclear reactor) quickly, as in an emergency.
- noun the rapid shut down of a nuclear reactor, as in an emergency.
- intransitive verb informal to leave; to go away; used mostly as an impolite command to a person to go away from a specific location.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Get out of here; go away (frequently
imperative ). - verb transitive, intransitive To abruptly insert the
control rods of anuclear reactor , usually in case of emergencyshutdown . - noun A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor
- noun Alternative spelling of
SCRAM .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Electrical problems yesterday grounded the so-called scram jet.
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O'BRIEN: NASA set a speed record on Saturday with the launch of the unmanned test aircraft called a scram jet.
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I didn't hear what she said, so didn't respond, but the person-of-few-words who worked the booth with me said, simply, "scram" and she hustled away.
Balloon Juice 2010
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Transformer damage caused the reactor to "scram" or automatically trip out of service Saturday night.
Irene Knocks Out Power to More Than Five Million Rebecca Smith 2011
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“No, you mook—you grab as many electric toothbrushes as you can, then we scram—got it?”
The Great Toothbrush Robbery Con Chapman 2011
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She pulled a switchblade on me, said if I didn't scram she was going to cut me seven ways to Sunday.
Brick Wall Chris Okum 2011
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What the people in these countries want is substantial change -- namely freedom and the heads of the regimes to pack their bags and scram.
Dan Dorfman: Risky Roadmap to $7 a Gallon Gas Dan Dorfman 2011
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"This kind of scram is stressful on the reactor," said Robert Albrecht , a University of Washington professor emeritus of electrical engineering, who has a background in nuclear engineering.
Japan Plant Had Earlier Alert Chester Dawson 2011
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What the people in these countries want is substantial change -- namely freedom and the heads of the regimes to pack their bags and scram.
Dan Dorfman: Risky Roadmap to $7 a Gallon Gas Dan Dorfman 2011
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I know 2 grad students who lost their TAs and 4 postdocs who were given Dec deadlines to scram.
Economic Status via Google Hits Candid Engineer 2009
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Whether you call it a bug-out bag, go bag, ready bag, to-go bag, scram bag, grab bag, or GOOD (“get out of Dodge”) bag, the important part is to have it “pre-prepared, in your home, ready to grab at any given moment,” according to survival instructor Creek Stewart (video).
oroboros commented on the word scram
Marcs in reverse. Marc is winemaking residue that can be used for distillation.
November 2, 2007