scart

[ skahrt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

, Scot.

scart

/ skært /

Scart

/ skɑːt /

electronics
1. a 21-pin plug-and-socket system which carries picture, sound, and other signals, used especially in home entertainment systems
2. ( as modifier )
  a Scart cable

Origin of scart¹

1325–75; Middle English (Scots), metathetic variant of scrat to scratch

Origin of scart¹

C14: from earlier scrat

Origin of scart²

C20: after S yndicat des C onstructeurs des A ppareils R adiorécepteurs et T éléviseurs, the company that designed it

But I ain't got that reason, an' never will have—so I'm scart.

I've been thinkin' about one that did, and that he was scart of.

You never see such a dumbfounded, scart set of men in your life, an Seward looked as ef he would craul through an auger hole.

He could yell an holler equal to wild Injins, an he ginerally scart away all the varmints for several miles around.

As she expressed it afterward, "the everlastin' soul was pretty nigh scart out of her."

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