scat

nouns

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

verbs

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail