SCATTED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

scatted

verb

past tense of scat

as in warbled

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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

Definition of warbled

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Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of escaped

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As Shohei Ohtani strode up to the plate Monday, Michael Bublé’s voice crooned over the Dodger Stadium speakers as always.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Social media videos of the tribute showed the crowd singing along as Musgraves crooned the 1977 hit.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of crooned

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However, the original system has limitations when objects are partially visible, distant, or captured in blurry or poorly lit images.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Out of safety concerns — given that the arrays generate electricity whenever lit by the sun — the astronauts needed to wait for the space station to enter the shadow of Earth to see what could be done.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of lit

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After the team’s historic, championship-clinching summer, Thursday’s preseason matchup hummed with energy.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
At a local senior residence center this week, the participants hummed with lindens and then headed into the art room to reflect on paper, using sepia-brown linden ink.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of hummed

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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

Definition of trilled

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Then Reyes got out of the car, dragged the unconscious victim out of the street and placed his bag next to him on a bench before fleeing the scene, the documents said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
After Cambodia's crackdown, workers who had money to buy a plane ticket home got out quickly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of got out

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