scatting

verb

Definition of scattingnext
present participle of scat
1
as in crooning

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2
as in escaping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatting
  1. escaping
  2. humming
  3. absconding
  4. harmonizing
Verb
  • Or, just place carpets to create a barrier between cold floors and the room and prevent heat from escaping through those tiny gaps.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The picture, which is Hilal’s first feature, is inspired by the true story of a man who fakes blindness to join a team of visually impaired footballers bound for Poland to fulfil his dream of escaping Egypt to live in Europe.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of escaping
Verb
  • Heading into the summer, though, the Trojans’ out-of-state pursuits appeared to be humming along.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Health, family, this humming season of life.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of humming
Verb
  • The key moment in the film is a montage of the lovers absconding to Chris’s Malibu getaway for a trip that’s ridiculously, car-commercial lush.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Noblewoman Jeanne de La Motte then, so the story goes, posed as the queen and convinced an out-of-favor cardinal to give her the lavish necklace as a gift before absconding with the lucrative diamonds.
    Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of absconding
Verb
  • And on Sunday, the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus shared a video on TikTok and Instagram, showing dozens of its members singing and harmonizing to what appears to be a song made out of quotes from the interview.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Here, on-screen personalities, longtime collaborators, and multimodal artists whose creative paths have genuinely intertwined with Clemens’ vision over the years each brought their artistic gravity while harmonizing with the unmistakable New York vernacular.
    Essence, Essence, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of harmonizing
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