Sekirov Dictionary

scratch

/skɹæt͡ʃ/

verb14

  1. to drag the ends of the fingers or something sharp across the skin or another surface
  2. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
  3. To get such scratches.
  4. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
  5. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
  6. Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
  7. To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
  8. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
  9. To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
  10. To dig or excavate with the claws.
  11. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
  12. To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
  13. To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
  14. (US, old-fashioned) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

noun17

  1. A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
  2. A minor injury.
  3. An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
  4. Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scratch".
  5. (slang) Money; especially, cash.
  6. A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
  7. A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
  8. A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
  9. A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
  10. The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
  11. Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
  12. A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
  13. An aberration.
  14. (historical) A scratch wig.
  15. A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
  16. [in the plural] Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
  17. (slang, no longer used) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

adjective4

  1. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
  2. Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
  3. Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
  4. (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
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scratched · scratcht · scratching · scratches · scratcheth · scratchest

Phrases with scratch

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