scott

/skɒt/

name 5noun 1intj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

behind, contemporary, fellow, free, long, noted, received

His long scott relatives on his mother's side had settled in Edinburgh generations ago.

VERB + SCOTT

escape, haven't

I haven't seen Scott since he moved to California last year.

SCOTT + NOUN

's, bill, dario, entrepreneur, fitzgerald, hall, hotdogs, inc

Scott's bill passed through the legislature with strong bipartisan support last month.

PREP.

out, with

We decided to scott out on the bill by leaving through the back door.

ADV.

famously

Scott famously refused to apologize for his controversial comments during the interview.

Definitions

name

An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.

Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.”

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Then there’s Billy Long, a former auctioneer and Republican congressman who Trump nominated and was confirmed less than two months ago to head the Internal Revenue Service, with “little background in tax policy beyond promoting a fraud-riddled tax credit”. Long has already been fired after clashing with the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. Long was the sixth person to head the IRS this year.

A placename:

noun

The Scott catalogue of postage stamps.

intj

Alternative form of great Scott.

“Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?” “Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?”

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Example Bank

Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.”

Wiktionary

“Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?” “Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?”

Wiktionary

Scott is an entrepreneur with much spirit of enterprise.

Tatoeba · #20731

Scott was the first man to reach the pole.

Tatoeba · #51995

Scott was a contemporary of Byron.

Tatoeba · #51996

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, scott is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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