scatting

present participle of scat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatting
Verb
  • The camera pans to Cody crooning while strumming his guitar throughout the video.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • Over the radio, Bing Crosby is crooning, Bob Hope is joking, and news of the war — against Hitler, against Japan — keeps sizzling and crackling across the dial.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One theory is that a surprisingly large amount of crude is escaping the double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, helping the global energy system absorb the historic shock.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Still others were escaping the horrors of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.
    Elizabeth Holtzman, Time, 9 June 2026
Verb
  • Rock Harbor to Daisy Farm Campground This trail almost entirely follows the coast for 7 miles, with a soundtrack of lapping waves, trilling loons, and the occasional outboard motor.
    Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
  • In a now-viral clip, Carpenter overheard someone from the crowd trilling during her set for Weekend 1 and asked if the audience member was yodeling.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Some 2 million barrels per day might be getting out on tankers that have switched off their transponders, according to the bank's estimates.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • In-person connections come with a higher premium, and getting out provides a buffer against complacency.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The governor, Tim Walz, defeated for the Vice Presidency, gets on TV, his voice quavering, saying the right things, speaking the truth, and advising courage.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The combination of quavering flutes and solemn, unfamiliar corridors is disquieting.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • That's what an increasing number of Americans are saying about data centers, huge, energy-sapping, constantly humming, resource-draining facilities needed to power artificial intelligence.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • The event may not be about politics, but politics will be humming in the background regardless.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Police are searching for a straphanger suspected of unbolting a door switch from a inside a downtown C train Monday evening, snipping the wires and then absconding with the train part, sources tell the Daily News.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • For the last couple of years at least, groups of international thieves have been traveling to Southern California and burglarizing homes and stores before absconding back to their home countries.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • But there’s something more than trolling at work, something elemental in the response to Scranton.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • Transducer mounting options include trolling motor mounts, turrets, and manual pole mounts.
    Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
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“Scatting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatting. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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