All scratch synonyms
scratch
S s verb scratch
- call it quits β to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
- grooving β a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- delete β If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
- intaglio β incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
- hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- crenelated β In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- bogged β wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- humping β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- excoriate β Censure or criticize severely.
- engrave β Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.
- gun for β a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- beg off β to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
- lithographed β Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- weeded β a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- cast about β to make a mental or visual search
- in-grain β to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- initialing β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- deracinate β to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- lithograph β a print produced by lithography.
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- eradicate β Destroy completely; put an end to.
- chalking β a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- inked β (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- crenellated β In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- bogging β filthy; covered in dirt and grime
- claw β The claws of a bird or animal are the thin, hard, curved nails at the end of its feet.
- diaper β A diaper is a piece of soft towel or paper, which you fasten round a baby's bottom in order to soak up its urine and faeces.
- break one's back β to overwork or work very hard
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- get cold feet β (Idiomatic) VI to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
noun scratch
- kite β the paunch; stomach; belly.
- goose egg β the numeral zero, often used to indicate the failure of a team to score in a game or unit of a game: a pitchers' duel, with nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard.
- billings β Josh (dΚΙΚ ) ; jΓ€sh) (pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw) 1818-85; U.S. humorist
- lineation β an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
- cannonball β A cannonball is a heavy metal ball that is fired from a cannon.
- beardedness β the quality of having a beard, the quality of being bearded
- notch β an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- zot β (slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
- coppers β Plural form of copper.
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- embrasure β (architecture, military) Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement.
- engraving β A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
- mazuma β money.
- ought β a cipher (0); zero.