scratch

Etymology
From, of origin. Probably a blend of and. More at and.

Verb

 * 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 irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
 * 4)  To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
 * 5)  to get such scratches
 * 6)  To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
 * 7)  Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
 * 8)  To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also ).
 * 9)  To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
 * 10)  To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
 * 11)  To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
 * 12)  To dig or excavate with the claws.
 * 13)  To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
 * 14)  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.
 * 1)  To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also ).
 * 2)  To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
 * 3)  To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
 * 4)  To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
 * 5)  To dig or excavate with the claws.
 * 6)  To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
 * 7)  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.
 * 1)  To dig or excavate with the claws.
 * 2)  To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Albanian:, gërric, gërrith
 * Arabic: خَرْبَشَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: خربش
 * Hijazi Arabic: خَرْبَش
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: আঁচোৰ
 * Azerbaijani: cızmaq
 * Belarusian: дра́паць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 𢯎
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: škrábat, škrábnout, poškrabat
 * Danish: klø
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: sügama, kratsima
 * Faroese: skava, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , , fuñir
 * Georgian: კაწვრა, ფხაჭნა, გაკაწვრა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ξύω, κνήθω
 * Guaraní: karãi
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: kraappia, kraapata, karsia, karsittaa
 * Irish: scríob, tochais
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kashubian: drapac
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 할퀴다
 * Ladino: araskar, areskunyar
 * Lao:
 * Latin: scabō, scalpō
 * Lombard:
 * Lushootseed: ʔix̌
 * Macedonian: драска
 * Malay: garu
 * Maori: ope, raku, rakuraku, raraku, rapi, rapirapi, rarapi
 * Mongolian:
 * Nivkh: ӽарпть
 * Occitan: rascar, gratar
 * Old Portuguese: coçar
 * Oromo: hooquu
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, rascar,
 * Rapa Nui: raku
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sgrattar
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: škrabať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Sylheti: ꠀꠌ꠆ꠞꠣꠘꠤ
 * Tetum: koi
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྦར་བྲད་བརྒྱབ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: шкря́бати, дря́пати
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Flemish: schartn, skartn
 * Yiddish: קראַצן, צעקראַצן
 * Zazaki: wıreynayen, wıreyen
 * Zealandic: krasse, kraeuwe


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: qaşımaq
 * Belarusian: часа́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: skriða, skræða
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: rafar, eslasar, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ξύω, ἀμύσσω
 * Gujarati: ખંજવાળવું
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, raspare,
 * Latin: scabō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Marathi: खाजवणे
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: garo
 * Tagalog:, kagkag
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: чу́хати
 * Zazaki: wıreyneyayen
 * Zealandic: kraeuwe


 * Albanian: grith
 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Zazaki:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Estonian: kriimustama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , eslagañar, , grafiñar
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κνίζω
 * Hebrew: שָׂרַט
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: scabo
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: hallp'iy, hasp'iy
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: sgrifflar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: xizen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: annullare
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Zazaki: esteren, ternayen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: raapustaa
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Zazaki: anten


 * Bulgarian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שָׂרַט
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klore, skrape, kløne
 * Quechua: silluy
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yakut: тыҥырахтаа


 * Interlingua: ,
 * Occitan:

Noun



 * 1)  A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
 * 2) An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
 * 3) A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
 * 4) A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
 * 5)  The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
 * 6)  An aberration.
 * 7) A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
 * 8)  A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
 * 9)  A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
 * 10)  A minor injury.
 * 11)  Money.
 * 12) A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
 * 13)  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.
 * 14)  A scratch wig.
 * 15) * 1775,, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 26 March:
 * [H]e turned to him with a dejected Face, and said ‘ – pray Sir, – could you touch up This a little?’ taking hold of his frightful scratch.
 * 1)  A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
 * 2) Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
 * 1)  A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
 * 2)  A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
 * 3)  A minor injury.
 * 4)  Money.
 * 5) A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7)  A scratch wig.
 * 8) * 1775,, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 26 March:
 * [H]e turned to him with a dejected Face, and said ‘ – pray Sir, – could you touch up This a little?’ taking hold of his frightful scratch.
 * 1)  A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
 * 2) Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
 * 1) * 1775,, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 26 March:
 * [H]e turned to him with a dejected Face, and said ‘ – pray Sir, – could you touch up This a little?’ taking hold of his frightful scratch.
 * 1)  A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
 * 2) Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.

Synonyms

 * (Virgin Islander music): fungi, quelbe

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: cızıq
 * Belarusian: дра́піна
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, esgarrinxada,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: kras or
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: rabuñada, amata, rabuño, rascada
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀμυχή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Khmer: ថ្នស់
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schraum
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romansch: sgriffel
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobadh
 * Spanish: arañazo, rayadura
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: подря́пина, дря́пина
 * Vietnamese: vết cào, vết xước
 * Zazaki: çığiz


 * Bulgarian: чеса́не
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, megvakarás,
 * Italian: grattamento
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: wereynayen


 * Bulgarian: мангизи
 * Dutch: centen
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: derben

Adjective

 * 1) For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
 * 2) Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
 * 3)  Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
 * scratch memory
 * 1)  (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.
 * 1)  Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
 * scratch memory
 * 1)  (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.

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Noun

 * 1) Velcro

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