scritch /skɹɪt͡ʃ/noun 5verb 4forms 3 noun5 •The act of scratching an itch. •The act of petting an animal or human in a scratching manner.Sugar demands scritches alternating with sinking her beak into my fingers because I'm not doing it to suit her. — 2010 •A light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing. •(no longer used) a screechPerhaps it is the owlet's scritch: For what can aid the mastiff bitch ? — 1793 •(dialect, no longer used) A thrush. verb4 •To scratch so as to relieve an itch or irritation.One day a tiny insect, no bigger than a freckle, climbs into Miss Calypso's classroom. Nobody notices until Polly scritches, Joshua scratches and soon the whole class is scritching and scratching — 2001 •To pet an animal or human in a scratching manner.And they almost always gave good scritches, so they couldn't be bad people, could they? Did bad people scritch right? — 2015 •To make a light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing. •(no longer used) To screech. formsscritched · scritching · scritches
