scatted

past tense of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatted
Verb
  • Other businesses, including a nearby convention center, restaurant and Ford assembly plant, escaped the blaze.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The mailman paused, checking to see if anyone had noticed or knew the puppy had escaped.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Singing only in Spanish, the unassuming math teacher crooned his way into our hearts within seconds.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The black-and-white video featured special appearances by his wife Hailey and their son Jack as Bieber crooned.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many rank-and-file enlistees were also recent immigrants, and patriot regiments hummed with a cacophony of different tongues, accents, and dialects throughout the war.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • On the way out, as a staffer closed down the merch stand and the lobby bars’ slushy machines quietly hummed, Donegan brought up the lyric about caviar dreams.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Shein’s opening — and the run-up to that — lit a firestorm in France.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Outside, Gray stopped and lit a cigarette while Rockett checked the bus schedule again.
    Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Ignatova herself faces charges of wire and securities fraud and money laundering but has absconded.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Thieves absconded with jewelry which belonged to French Empress Eugenie from the Louvre museum in Paris, France.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The hot start dwindled in the second half, and after completing 10 of his first 14 passes, Loftis missed 12 of his next 22 passes, tapering off as the game got out of hand.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lamar fans also trolled Drake over the weekend after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rap star Drake trolled Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani after the Toronto Blue Jays took a 3-2 series lead in the World Series.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Scatted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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