Scotch
1 of 7adjective
ˈskäch 
1
: scottish
2
: inclined to frugality
Scotch
2 of 7noun (1)
1
: scots
2
plural in construction : the people of Scotland
3
often not capitalized : whiskey distilled in Scotland especially from malted barley
called also Scotch whisky
Scotch
3 of 7trademark
—used for adhesive tape
scotch
4 of 7verb (1)
ˈskäch
scotched; scotching; scotches
transitive verb
1
archaic : cut, gash, score
also : wound
we have scotched the snake, not killed it 
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare 2
: to put an end to
scotched rumors of a military takeover
scotch
5 of 7noun (2)
: a superficial cut : score
scotch
6 of 7noun (3)
: a chock to prevent rolling or slipping
scotch
7 of 7verb (2)
scotched; scotching; scotches
transitive verb
1
: to block with a chock
2
: hinder, thwart
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
contraction of Scottish
Verb (1)
Middle English scocchen to gash, from Anglo-French escocher, eschocher to pierce
Noun (3)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (1)
1603, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1639, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1642, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing Scotch
Kids Definition
Scotch 1 of 2
adjective
ˈskäch
: scottish entry 1
Scotch
2 of 2noun plural
: scottish entry 2
scotch
verb
as in to skunk
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- skunk
- cream
- master
- best
- lick
- whip
- waste
- trim
- defeat
- crush
- pull down
- tear down
- wallop
- clobber
- thrash
- nuke
- wreck
- dynamite
- total
- overcome
- smash
- damage
- vaporize
- ruin
- subdue
- destroy
- rout
- drub
- conquer
- rub out
- beat
- wrack
- extinguish
- trounce
- blow up
- dissolve
- mar
- wash out
- desolate
- pulverize
- shatter
- blast
- harm
- annihilate
- demolish
- surmount
- overbear
- disintegrate
- spoil
- overmatch
- deteriorate
- decimate
- impair
- mangle
- mutilate
- triumph (over)
- cripple
- win (against)
- take down
- gut
- wipe out
- raze
- injure
- prevail (over)
- sack
- blot out
- deface
- disassemble
- break
- scour
- disfigure
- do in
- vitiate
- remove
- trash
- erode
- dismantle
- devastate
- murder
- undo
- sweep (away)
- loot
- wear (away)
- cut down
- plunder
- butcher
- unmake
- expunge
- kill off
- obliterate
- eradicate
- liquidate
- dilapidate
- havoc
- slaughter
- extirpate
- unbuild
- massacre
- pillage
- kill
- assassinate
- exterminate
- take out
- zap
- dispatch
- slay
- trample
- ravage
- stamp (out)
- efface
- snuff (out)
- fell
- despoil
- execute
- mow (down)
- vandalize
- root (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- build
- raise
- repair
- patch
- construct
- set up
- erect
- fix
- rear
- create
- manufacture
- form
- produce
- mend
- shape
- make
- fashion
- invent
- assemble
- found
- bring about
- frame
- doctor
- mold
- put up
- protect
- institute
- organize
- forge
- preserve
- save
- establish
- fabricate
- father
- conserve
- constitute
- revamp
- recondition
- rebuild
- restore
- reconstruct
- renovate
- remodel
- oversweetens
- oversweetness
- oversweetnesses
- overswell
- overswelled
- overswelling
- overswells
- overswimming
- overswims
- overswing
- overswinging
- overswings
- overswum
- overswung
- overt
- propitiating
- propitiatingly
- propitiation
- propitiations
- propitiative
- propitiator
- propitiatories
- propitiatorily
- propitiators
- propitiatory