Scratch Meaning and Definition

Word: Scratch

How to pronounce: skræʧ

Verb

Definitions:

1. Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.

Example sentences: "The car's paintwork was battered and scratched"

2. Cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil.

Example sentences: "The name of Dr. McNab was scratched out and that of Dr. Daniels substituted"

3. Play a record using the scratch technique.

Example sentences: "He raps and scratches simultaneously to dazzling effect"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A mark or wound made by scratching.

Example sentences: "The scratches on her arm were throbbing"

2. A technique, used especially in rap music, of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forth to give a rhythmic scratching effect.

Example sentences: "A scratch mix"

3. The starting point in a handicap for a competitor receiving no odds.

Example sentences: "A 631-meters handicap, when the excellent stayer, Too Fast, will be off scratch"

4. Money.

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality.

Example sentences: "At least two vessels set sail with scratch crews"

2. (of a sports competitor or event) with no handicap given.

Example sentences: "He was a scratch player at many courses"

Synonyms:

scribble

scrawl

abrasion

squeak

scrape

scar

creak

excoriation

mark

itch

graze

scuff

squeaking

rub

prick

strike

stroke

dent

expunge

cross out

start

strike out

delete

scrub

scraping

claw

rasp

grate

abrade

grind

Derivations:

scratching

scratched

scratchy

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Scratch in Other Languages...

Spanish: Cero

German: Kratzer

French: Zéro

Italian: Graffio

Turkish: çizmek