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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A competitor who has withdrawn from competition.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

... council of war. What should we do—push on or go back? It seemed highly dangerous, but suddenly making up my mind, I cut short all deliberations and ordered an advance. To feel for the enemy, to get in touch with the enemy at all costs, and to scratch him if possible, is evidently the scout's duty, even when the scout is but a siege amateur, with broken trousers, a mud-stained shirt and a battered rifle. But we must make ourselves secure. We bolted the big gates behind us; we sweatily piled up sufficient bricks to make its opening ...

— Indiscreet Letters From Peking • B. L. Putman Weale

... 'This is exactly like a fairy tale of my youth,' he dreams. And indeed, it is a dream! The mountain opens, the captive princess comes forth and leads him in, and he rests his head in her lap all strewn with blossoms. The lovely trolls come and scratch his head and music sounds from the rocks. It is characteristic of Shakespeare that the lovers do not dream fairy tales of their childhood. Higher culture has given them deeper passions, more intense personal relations; in dreams they but continue ...

— An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway • Martin Brown Ruud

... rattled him. He shifted from foot to foot, twirling his hat on his fingers. He half expected, half hoped, and half waited for another opening. None came. Through the muffled roar of the stamps he was conscious of the sharp scratch of the superintendent's pen. Then came the boom of the big whistle. It was change of shift. The jar of the office door closing behind him was not heard. At the ...

— Blue Goose • Frank Lewis Nason

... has a millionaire 'At aw've net one to match? Awd show 'em awm best off o'th' two, If they'd come up to th' scratch. Ov one thing aw feel sartin sewer, They've mooar nor me to bear; Yo bet! its net all ...

— Yorkshire Lyrics • John Hartley

... heap beyond. With imprecations on all "pony dots" in my mind, I hastened to inspect the mangled remains. They groaned, struggled to their feet, shook themselves and went placidly home as soon as we had unhitched the chains. One scratch on the most rotund part of the body was the only record of the "brief, eventful history," and Christmas smiled in Tom's face as he munched ...

— My Tropic Isle • E J Banfield

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