amscray

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/ˈæmskɹeɪ/

verb

To go away.

“Get out of here! Amscray!”

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scram
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Meanings

verbamscray (third-person singular simple present amscrays, present participle amscraying, simple past and past participle amscrayed)

present singular third person amscrays · participle present amscraying · participle past amscrayed · past amscrayed

  1. To go away.

    Get out of here! Amscray!

    3 more examples

    "Brownie. (Backed to D.R.; looking from one to the other.) Sa-ay, am I interrupting anything? Verona. (Smiling; lightly.) Yes, you are! Amscray!"

    1945, – Anne Ferring Weatherly, Two Gentleman and a Verona: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 99

    It made her nervous. She considered wheeling on him with a glare and an icy whisper: “Amscray, Buster!”

    1978, Shirley Nelson, The Last Year of the War, page 46

    Charlie nods. “Amscray. I got some sorting out to do myself […]”

    1981, John Updike, Rabbit Is Rich

    Synonyms: scram

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo go away.

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scram
Also see
fleegetget in the seaget lostget stuffedgo awayhightail itpiss offshoo

Origin

Pig Latin version of scram; possibly the only Pig Latin word to enter common American English besides ixnay.

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Translations

German abhauen, weggehen
  • abhauengo away
  • weggehengo away
Cite this entry
APA

amscray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amscray

MLA

“amscray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amscray. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amscray,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amscray.

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