scatted

past tense of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
  • Her distinctive voice has been Widowspeak’s emblem since the band first emerged, warbled like Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval over CB radio.
    Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • In the mechanical maintenance shop, five employees and the foreman escaped, but two were killed from exposure to the chemical, the report said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Simpson escaped pressure and rolled out to his left before firing a pass to diving receiver Brennan Presley for a touchdown.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Social media videos of the tribute showed the crowd singing along as Musgraves crooned the 1977 hit.
    Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The child, police said in previous testimony, was not wearing a safety grounding wrist strap that could have prevented the static spark that lit the flames.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Many from the Liberty and William Jewell communities, including Barnett’s high school coaches, lit a candle in his name.
    PJ Green August 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The bleachers were packed, and for the first time all day the air hummed with genuine enthusiasm.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • As the tattoo machine hummed across her leg, Savanna Georges watched another chapter of her faith take shape in ink.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There were no revelations about FBI surveillance or any proof that Shakur actually absconded to Cuba.
    Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This after a pursuit for $10M that Lucky’s ex-husband/Priscilla’s son absconded with (and which Lucky and her papa had access to in the end).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
  • Femme tunes trilled in the background.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Soon afterward, the Ohio State Highway Patrol says the 20-year-old got out of his Toyota Avalon on the shoulder of Interstate 70 and stepped into westbound lanes of traffic.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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