💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scatch"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scratchnoun | A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching. |
| cratchnoun | (nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway. |
| scramnoun | (also attributively) A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency. |
| scuffnoun | (sometimes attributive) A mark left by scuffing or scraping. |
| scratchernoun | A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch. |
| scarpenoun | (heraldry) Alternative form of scrape (“diminutive bend”). [A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).] |
| scragenoun | (UK, Bristol, Birmingham) A scrape or graze. |
| scuffingnoun | A scuff mark. |
| backscratchnoun | A scratch on the back. |
| scrapenoun | The sound or action of something being scraped. |
| scruffnoun | Someone with an untidy appearance. |
| grazeverb | (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture) |
| tight scratchnoun | (archaic) A combat requiring arduous effort. |
| scratchienoun | (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A scratch card. |
| crapplenoun | (obsolete) A claw. |
| skruffnoun | Obsolete form of scruff (“nape of the neck”). [Someone with an untidy appearance.] |
| scarpnoun | (geology) A cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting; the steeper side of an escarpment. |
| scratchbacknoun | (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. |
| scrapnoun | (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk. |
| head scratchernoun | Alternative form of head-scratcher. [(figuratively, informal) Something particularly puzzling or confusing.] |
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