Definition of scratch

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Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.

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Scratch :: Scratch (a.) Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards..
Yuck :: Yuck (v. t.) To scratch.
Scarify :: Scarify (v. t.) To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein..
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
Crache :: Crache (v.) To scratch.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) 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..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Pricking-up :: Pricking-up (n.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat.
Rase :: Rase (v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
Scrabble :: Scrabble (v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree..
Rase :: Rase (n.) A slight wound; a scratch.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..
Itch :: Itch (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected..
Fluke :: Fluke (n.) An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke..
Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.
Pen :: Pen (n.) An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a goose or other bird, but now also of other materials, as of steel, gold, etc. Also, originally, a stylus or other instrument for scratching or graving..
Scratchy :: Scratchy (a.) Characterized by scratches.
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