Definition of "scram" in Anglais

verb

1. (intransitive, originally US, often imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away.

   • What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!

noun

1. (MLE, slang) A gun, firearm.

verb

1. (transitive) To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.

2. (intransitive) Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.

noun

1. (also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.

2. The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.

verb

1. (transitive, Derbyshire, Wales) To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.

2. (transitive, US, mining, archaic) 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.

noun

1. (Derbyshire, Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.

2. (US, mining, archaic) 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.

verb

1. Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.

2. To be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.