scratch /skrach/

1. To draw a sharp point over the surface of
2. To hurt, mark, render, seek to relieve an itch in, by so doing
3. To dig or scrape with the claws
4. To write hurriedly
5. To erase or delete (usu with out)
6. To strike along a rough surface
7. To withdraw from a competition or (esp musical) engagement

1. To use the nails or claws to inflict injury, relieve an itch, etc
2. To scrape
3. To make a grating or screechy noise
4. To retire from a contest or engagement
5. To get (along or through) somehow (informal)

1. An act, mark, or sound of scratching
2. A slight wound or graze
3. A scrawl
4. Formerly, the line in the ring up to which boxers were led to begin fighting
5. Hence a test, trial, as in come up to scratch
6. The starting-point for a player or competitor without a handicap
7. A player or competitor who starts from scratch
8. A fluke, esp in billiards
9. A scratch-wig
10. Cash, ready money (slang)
11. (in pl) a disease in horses with the appearance of scratches on the pastern or ankle

1. Improvised
2. Casual
3. Hastily or casually got together
4. (of a player or competitor) having a handicap of zero

scratchˈer noun

scratchˈily adverb

scratchˈiness noun

scratchˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. The act of manipulating a gramophone record so that it plays a repeated beat or section of music

scratchˈingly adverb

scratchˈless adjective

scratchˈy adjective

1. Like scratches
2. Uneven
3. Ready or likely to scratch
4. Irritable, bad-tempered, tetchy (esp US)
5. Grating or screechy
6. Itchy

scratchˈback noun

A backscratcher

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