scatting
The word “scatting” has 2 syllables: scat-ting
It's pronounced as /ˈskætɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for scatting?
In the thesaurus, “scatting” has 43 synonyms and 14 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for scatting along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for scatting
- absconding
- belting
- bolting
- breaking
- bugging out
- caroling
- carolling
- chanting
- clearing out
- crooning
- decamping
- descanting
- eloping
- escaping
- fleeing
- flying
- getting out
- harmonizing
- humming
- lamming
- lighting out
- lilting
- making off
- mizzling
- quavering
- retreating
- running
- running away
- running off
- scarpering
- scramming
- serenading
- sharping
- singing
- skedaddling
- skirring
- slurring
- trilling
- trolling
- vocalizing
- warbling
- yodeling
- yodelling
Antonyms for scatting
- abiding
- bearding
- braving
- confronting
- daring
- defying
- dwelling
- facing
- hanging around
- lingering
- remaining
- staying
- sticking around
- tarrying
Meanings of scatting
- verb
- To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
- To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
- An imperative demand, often understood by speaker and listener as impertinent.
- noun
- Scat singing.
Example Sentences
- The jazz singer started scatting during her solo performance.
- He impressed the crowd by scatting in perfect rhythm with the band.
- They practiced scatting to improve their improvisation skills.
- Her scatting added a playful energy to the song.
- We listened to old recordings of Ella Fitzgerald scatting beautifully.
On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scatting, such as: abiding, absconding, bearding, belting, bolting, braving, breaking.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
quavering
- aged
- agreeable
- anile
- antiquated
- appealing
- aquiver
- aspen
- battered
- bedraggled
- belting
- blending
- broken-down
- cadenced
- canorous
- caroling
- carolling
- chanting
- chiming
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- chorusing
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- descanting
- dilapidated
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- harmonic
- harmonious
- harmonizing
- homophonic
- incapacitated
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- jittery
- jumpy
- lilting
- lyric
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- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- mellow
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- musical
- nervous
- old
- orchestral
- palpitating
- pleasant
- polyphonic
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- quaky
- quivering
- quivery
- ramshackle
- resonant
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- rickety
- run down
- scatting
- seedy
- senile
- shabby
- shaking
- shaky
- shivering
- shivery
- slurring
- songful
- songlike
- sonorous
- superannuated
- sweet
- symphonic
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- tacky
- threadbare
- timid
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- tired
- tonal
- tottering
- trembling
- tremulant
- tremulous
- trilling
- trolling
- tumble-down
- tuneful
- twittery
- unsound
- used
- vibrating
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- warbling
- wasted
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- weak
- weakly
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- worn
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- yodeling
- yodelling
vamoosing
- abandoning
- absconding
- adjourning
- bailing
- bailing out
- beating it
- booking
- buggering off
- bugging off
- bugging out
- clearing off
- clearing out
- cutting out
- decamping
- departing
- deserting
- digging out
- emigrating
- escaping
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- exiting
- fleeing
- flying
- forsaking
- getting
- getting off
- getting out
- going
- going off
- going out
- hitting the road
- lighting out
- mizzling
- moving
- parting
- peeling off
- pulling out
- pulling stakes
- pulling up stakes
- pushing off
- pushing on
- quitting
- removing
- retiring
- retreating
- running along
- running away
- scarpering
- scatting
- scramming
- setting out
- skipping
- starting
- stepping out
- striking out
- taking a hike
- taking a powder
- taking a walk
- taking off
- vacating
- walking out
- withdrawing
walking out
- abandoning
- abandonment
- absconding
- adjourning
- bailing
- bailing out
- beating it
- booking
- buggering off
- bugging off
- bugging out
- clearing off
- clearing out
- cutting out
- decamping
- decampment
- departing
- departure
- deserting
- diaspora
- digging out
- disembarkation
- egress
- embarkation
- embarkment
- emigrating
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- exit
- exiting
- exodus
- farewell
- fleeing
- flight
- flying
- forsaking
- getting
- getting off
- getting out
- going
- going off
- going out
- hitting the road
- leave
- leave-taking
- lighting out
- locking out
- mizzling
- moving
- outgo
- parting
- peeling off
- pulling out
- pulling stakes
- pulling up stakes
- pushing off
- pushing on
- quitting
- relinquishment
- removing
- retirement
- retiring
- retreat
- retreating
- running along
- running away
- scarpering
- scatting
- scramming
- setting out
- sitting in
- skipping
- starting
- stepping out
- striking
- striking out
- taking a hike
- taking a powder
- taking a walk
- taking off
- vacating
- vamoosing
- walking
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
yodeling
- belting
- caroling
- carolling
- chanting
- crooning
- descanting
- harmonizing
- humming
- lilting
- quavering
- scatting
- serenading
- sharping
- singing
- slurring
- trilling
- trolling
- vocalizing
- warbling