Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word SCRATCH

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Definitions of SCRATCH

1. To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
2. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
3. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
4. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
5. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
6. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
7. A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
8. An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
9. A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
10. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
11. Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
12. Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
13. (meiosis) A minor injury.
14. (of a surface) to get such scratches
15. (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
16. (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
17. (billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
18. (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
19. (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
20. (sports)
21. (slang) Money.
22. (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.
23. (now, historical) A scratch wig.
24. (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
25. (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
26. (sports) (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.
27. (programming) A free educational visual programming language developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.
28. A surname.

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Examples of Using SCRATCH in a Sentence

• The Mohs scale of mineral hardness defines gypsum as hardness value 2 based on scratch hardness comparison.
• According to the developers, Irssi was written from scratch, not based on ircII (like BitchX and epic).
• The Words was largely written from scratch – in May 2011 a completely new layout engine was announced.
• The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is based on the ability of one natural sample of mineral to visibly scratch another mineral.
• Raven's first game, Black Crypt (1992), was conceived in the late 1980s by Raffel brothers to be a paper-and-pen role-playing game, until the two retooled the project from scratch to become a video game.
• The Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison, defines value 4 as fluorite.
• Calcite defines hardness 3 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison.
• Erysipelas is usually caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A β-hemolytic streptococci, which enters the body through a break in the skin, such as a scratch or an insect bite.
• Stormbringer's edge is capable of cutting through virtually any material not protected by potent sorcery, and it can drink the soul from (and thereby kill) any unprotected living creature upon delivering any wound, even a scratch.
• Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass and Rey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid and Big Boys) on drums.
• The group was “formed at a church by a church” under the name Scratch Band in Sacramento, California, during the late 1970s according to Mike Roe.
• September 23, 1973 was the final day of sessions, with final touches applied to "Kitty's Back", the last verse of "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" overdubbed with new lyrics, "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and a brand new song, "Incident on 57th Street", both recorded from scratch and completed.
• For Make Yourself, turntablist Chris Kilmore intended to use a scratch record of sounds he had recorded over the years.
• An essential amino acid, or indispensable amino acid, is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized from scratch by the organism fast enough to supply its demand, and must therefore come from the diet.
• The settlement originally was known as Scratch Ankle because of the briars and bramble that grew in the area.
• A compiler and tools written from scratch by Leif Salomonsson in Amiga E, with internal functions developed in m68k and PPC assemblers.
• A Halloween party was being held at the community center when advanced warning allowed them to seek shelter in the basement, all 19 children and 4 adults came out without a scratch.
• Two exceptions were the songs "Shi'ite Punk" and "(Illa Zilla) Lady Killa," which relied heavily on scratch boxes.
• The second edition was published in 1984, rewriting the text from scratch, fixing many translation errors, glitches in the rules, with no other major changes made.
• Since each scenario had its own complex set of charts and tables, each cross-referenced to sections in the paragraph book, creating a scenario for the game from scratch could be a daunting undertaking.

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