Scratch

What do we mean by scratch?

To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument. intransitive verb

To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at. intransitive verb

To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching. intransitive verb

To scrape or strike on an abrasive surface. intransitive verb

To write or draw (something) by scraping a surface. intransitive verb

To write or draw hurriedly. intransitive verb

To strike out or cancel (a word, for example) by or as if by drawing lines through. intransitive verb

To cancel (a project or program, for example). intransitive verb

To withdraw (an entry) from a contest. intransitive verb

To use the nails or claws to dig, scrape, or wound. intransitive verb

To rub or scrape the skin to relieve itching. intransitive verb

To make a harsh scraping sound. intransitive verb

To gather funds or produce a living with difficulty. intransitive verb

To withdraw from a contest. intransitive verb

To make a shot in billiards that results in a penalty, as when the cue ball falls into a pocket or jumps the cushion. intransitive verb

A mark resembling a line that is produced by scratching. noun

A slight wound. noun

A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.

An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.

A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.

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.

The last riders to depart in a handicap race.

An aberration.

A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.

Money.

A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.

(in the plural) 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.

A scratch wig.

A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.

Words that are spelled similarly to scratch:
scratch, scritch, scatch, cratch, scranch, scoatch, scraich, skratch.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scratch:
sniff, itch, scratching, yours, reflex, hardness, perry, golfer, lottery, cycling, handicap, resistant, dub, tickets, pursuit, fever, marks, linux, cards, race, vinyl, ticket, acid, logo, track, hardware, hop, cat, existing, hip.

Words that rhyme with scratch:
catch, match, patch, dispatch, hatch, snatch, latch, batch, attach, thatch, detach, mismatch, mache, natch, tache, brach, potlatch, ratch, klatch, slatch, rache, rach, scatch, rematch, booby hatch, lache, overmatch, cratch, reattach, trache, vache, gatch, edward thatch, crache, thach, smatch, gach, fache, lach, bache, love match, tatch, kach, fair catch, fratch, stach, vlach, sparring match, drach, escape hatch, test match, krach, flach, friction match, shoulder patch, safety catch, boxing match, slow match, shoestring catch, hach, safety match, silver thatch, glottal catch, cumberbatch, night latch, vegetable patch, bratsch, tkach, matsch, wrestling match, grzywacz, unattach, whitlatch, bier patch, latsch, tatsch, thermopatch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scratch:
cat, little, mere, slight, long, deep, small, slightest, single, from, tiny, old, itch, red, sharp, least, quick, nasty, minor, superficial, smallest, fine, light, simple, fresh, merest, big, faint, bloody, ugly, thin, chicken, made, bad, occasional, trifling, shallow, accidental, tiniest, visible, pin, insignificant, start, linear, minute, gentle, jagged, inch, vertical, scritch, soft, painful, extra, deeper, sly, faintest, trivial, rough, horizontal, infected, angry, vigorous, straight, corneal, and, anti, longitudinal, hasty, lucky, paltry.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scratch:
pad, brushing, reflex, chamber, marks, back, fever, brush, brushes, off, sniff, out, plane, building, art, grass, carved, mumble, coat.

Consonant match to scratch:
screech, scritch, scrooch.

Words that sound like scratch:
scratch, screech, scritch, skriech, scrooch, scriech, scrooge, scratched, scratchy, scratcher, scatch, scran, scrouge, scrat, scourage, scratchie, scranch, screwy, screen, screw, sketch, scotch, scrap, scroll, scurry, scram, screws, scourge, scrawl, scree, screeched, scrunch, scry, scray, scurries, scooch, scrote, screechy, screak, scrag, screecher, scootch, scra, scrot, scrool, scrit, scrow, skitch, scutch, skreak, scru, scraw, skrike, scro, sgro, skurry, skreen, skreigh, scrine, skrite, scries, screes, scraunch, screy, scri, scrie, skirret, scurrile, skrik, scruze, skeoch, scurvy, scrappy, scraggy, scranny, scan, scrape, scraps, scorch, scat, scrapped, saran, sach, ass crack, scr, sache, scrams, cratch, scav, scrab, scatt, scarch, krach, sarosh, sarratt, scrags, scoosh, crache, eskridge, scac.