scram

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) enPR: skrăm, IPA ^(key): /skræm/

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Verb

Plain form scram

Third-person singular scrams

Past tense scrammed

Past participle scrammed

Present participle scramming

1. If you ask someone to scram, you want them to leave somewhere quickly.
2. (transitive) If you scram a nuclear reactor, you shut down because of an emergency.

Noun

Singular scram

Plural scrams

1. A scram is the shutdown of a nuclear reactor.