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
  • Helene was so destructive, many residents don’t have a home left to clean up, escaping the storm with little more than the clothes on their backs, even losing their shoes to the surging tides.
    Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nash-Betts' character ended up crashing her car, landing her back in the hospital with Ed as her nurse, and the episode ended with the pair breaking out of the hospital hand-in-hand and escaping in Ed's red convertible.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of escaping
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  • This forecasted demand is being driven in large part by data centers, the humming engines driving AI, which require massive quantities of dependable power generation rather than relying on inherently intermittent renewables.
    Richard Lum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But the other part of this story—a humming economy—is great for Mastercard (MA), which takes a slice of each payment that rolls down its network.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of humming
Verb
  • 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
  • Despite never having laid eyes on him, Nam feels drawn to understand where and how his father passed, and before absconding from Vietnam embarks on a journey with Hoa, Ba and Viet to find the site of his death.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of absconding
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  • After first harmonizing together a decade ago as university students, the trio have been touring hard, refining their approach to songwriting and live shows.
    Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And for much of Wednesday’s show, the spotlight fell directly on the three extremely talented guitarists trading leads behind him, often harmonizing, a key component of the Iron Maiden sound.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of harmonizing
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