verb

scram

skram

verb

To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.

"\"Scram!\" the shopkeeper shouted at the kids."

"They scrammed the moment they heard sirens."

To shut down a nuclear reactor rapidly, usually as an emergency safety measure.

"Operators scrammed the reactor after the alarm sounded."

How to Use Scram

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAs a command, it means \"go away now\"; in engineering, it means to emergency-shut-down a reactor.

When to use it

The \"go away\" sense is informal and often used as a blunt command.

Word Forms

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Rhymes for scram

ram gram tram dram cram pram Bram Aram abram Avram Hiram haram

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