All scratch synonyms
scratch
S s noun scratch
- bread β Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- brokenness β the quality of being broken
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- writeup β Alternative spelling of write-up.
- nada β nothing; zero; none: I have absolutely no motivationβzilch, zip, nada!
- fluting β a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- big noise β Someone who is a big noise has an important position in a group or organization.
- deformation β the act of deforming; distortion
- copper β Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- injury β harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- winnings β Plural form of winning.
- gobbet β a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.
- get well β conveying wishes for one's recovery, as from an illness: a get-well card.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- mintage β the act or process of minting.
- crenel β any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
- rabbet β a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- funds β a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- dry point β a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- chip β Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal.
verb scratch
- enfilade β A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- lamed β Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- graze β to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
- creak β If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
- cancel β If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
- loan β a country lane; secondary road.
- gunned 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.
- graved β to clean and apply a protective composition of tar to (the bottom of a ship).
- disannul β to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- abort β If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- hacking β a rack for drying food, as fish.
- gouge β a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- nig β nidge.
- contused β Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- offing β the state or fact of being off.
- chirr β (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
- initialed β of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- jigsaw β Also, jig saw. an electric machine saw with a narrow blade mounted vertically in a frame, for cutting curves or other difficult lines or patterns.
- diapering β Present participle of diaper.
- contuse β to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- dent β If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- ko'd β a knockout in boxing.
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- crenelate β to furnish with battlements or crenels, or with squared notches
- kos β a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- delve β If you delve into something, you try to discover new information about it.