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
  • Rhodes escaped and shoved Punk shoulder-first into the steel ring steps.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Flaco, who lived in the Central Park Zoo for 13 years, escaped when someone cut the wire mesh on his cage.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Nat King Cole crooned about its kicks in a 1946 hit song.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Adam Sandler crooned it in the 2006 Click, as the soundtrack to his first kiss with Kate Beckinsale.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Harbaugh lit one more friendly fire under his team at the end of Thursday’s jog-through practice.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Plan Commission report said while, due to the nature of the development, the gas station would be brightly lit, the convenience store building and a heavily landscaped area to the west would block the impact of light for neighbors.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The town's only hospital hummed with ambulances, burial teams and a steady stream of patients.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Ciampa absconded one of the spiked hockey pucks and made Jericho bleed.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Over a ten-day period in August 2021, tanker trucks absconded with more than 230,000 gallons of fuel, according to the supplier’s court filings.
    Brian Slodysko, Fortune, 20 July 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
  • Tawa tacked on a sac fly and Vargas doubled to drive in two before San Diego got out of the inning.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The person driving the SUV that Collins was in got out to help, and was hit by another vehicle.
    Jermont Terry, CBS News, 31 July 2026
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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