Associations to the word «Scram»

Wiktionary

SCRAM, verb. Get out of here; go away (frequently imperative).
SCRAM, verb. (ambitransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
SCRAM, noun. A rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor
SCRAM, noun. Alternative spelling of SCRAM
SCRAM, verb. (Wales) Scratch with claws or fingernails.
SCRAM, noun. (Wales) A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
SCRAM, noun. The emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor, originally specifically by insertion of one or more safety control rods.
SCRAM, noun. In a more general sense, an emergency shutdown.

Dictionary definition

SCRAM, verb. Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King