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Scratch   /skrætʃ/   Listen
Scratch

noun
1.
An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.  Synonyms: abrasion, excoriation, scrape.
2.
A depression scratched or carved into a surface.  Synonyms: dent, incision, prick, slit.
3.
Informal terms for money.  Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum.
4.
A competitor who has withdrawn from competition.
5.
A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game.  Synonyms: scratch line, start, starting line.
6.
Dry mash for poultry.  Synonym: chicken feed.
7.
A harsh noise made by scraping.  Synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratching.
8.
Poor handwriting.  Synonyms: cacography, scrawl, scribble.
9.
(golf) a handicap of zero strokes.
10.
An indication of damage.  Synonyms: mark, scar, scrape.
verb
(past & past part. scratched; pres. part. scratching)
1.
Cause friction.  Synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, rub.
2.
Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.  Synonyms: scrape, scratch up.
3.
Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching.  Synonyms: itch, rub.
4.
Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.  Synonyms: call off, cancel, scrub.  "Cancel the dinner party" , "We had to scrub our vacation plans" , "Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
5.
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.  Synonyms: excise, expunge, strike.  "Scratch that remark"
6.
Gather (money or other resources) together over time.  Synonyms: come up, scrape, scrape up.  "They scratched a meager living"
7.
Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.  Synonyms: engrave, grave, inscribe.  "Engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's" , "The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"



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"Scratch" Quotes from Famous Books



... likely to be followed by rest or quiet in cold air. The objection to woolen undergarments at all times is that with sensitive skins irritation may take place, and the odd saying of Josh Billings becomes pertinent, namely, that "the only thing that a wool shirt is good for is to make a man scratch and forget his other troubles." Underwear woolen only in part may take the place of all-wool garments and have the further advantage of being less expensive. The amount of clothing worn in winter depends, ...
— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden
... troubles you?" my mother asked, her solicitation over a scratch I had received ten months before not disguising a light of pride that ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris
... stockings fitted tightly on as neat a leg as ever a kilt displayed, though the kilt was not nowadays John Campbell's wear but kerseymore knee-breeches. He had a figured vest strewn deep with snuff that he kept loose in a pocket (the regiment's gold mull was his purse), and a scratch wig of brown sat askew on his bullet head, raking with a soldier's swagger. He had his long rattan on the table before him, and now and then he would lift its tasseled head and beat time lightly to the chorus of Dugald MacNicol's song. Dugald was Major ...
— Gilian The Dreamer - His Fancy, His Love and Adventure • Neil Munro
... "Scratch at St. Andrews," Dickens told them. "His name's Collins. I don't' know anything else about him. He's paid for a week and we're jolly glad to get visitors ...
— The Kingdom of the Blind • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... mean?" cried the old red hen, As mad as hops was she. "Oh, I've been 'round among great men, In the world where the great men be. And none of them scratch with their claws like you, They write with a ...
— The Jingle Book • Carolyn Wells


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