scratch
verb
[ skratʃ ]
• score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.
• "the car's paintwork was battered and scratched"
Similar:
score,
abrade,
scrape,
roughen,
scuff (up),
lacerate,
groove,
gash,
engrave,
incise,
gouge,
• cancel or strike out (writing) with a pen or pencil.
• "the name of Dr McNab was scratched out and that of Dr Dunstaple substituted"
Similar:
cross out,
strike out,
score out,
delete,
erase,
remove,
strike off,
eliminate,
cancel,
expunge,
obliterate,
• play a record using the scratch technique.
• "he raps and scratches simultaneously to dazzling effect"
scratch
noun
• a mark or wound made by scratching.
• "the scratches on her arm were throbbing"
Similar:
score,
mark,
line,
abrasion,
scrape,
scuff,
laceration,
groove,
gash,
gouge,
• a technique, used especially in rap music, of stopping a record by hand and moving it back and forwards to give a rhythmic scratching effect.
• "a scratch mix"
• (in sport) the starting point in a race for a competitor that is not given a handicap or advantage.
• "a 631-metres handicap, when the excellent stayer, Too Fast, will be off scratch"
• money.
• "he was working to get some scratch together"
scratch
adjective
• assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality.
• "City were fielding a scratch squad"
• (of a sports competitor or event) with no handicap given.
• "he was a scratch player at many courses"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably a blend of the synonymous dialect words scrat and cratch, both of uncertain origin; compare with Middle Low German kratsen and Old High German krazzōn .
up to scratch
• up to the required standard; satisfactory.
• "her German was not up to scratch"
Similar:
good enough,
up to the mark,
up to standard,
up to par,
satisfactory,
acceptable,
adequate,
passable,
sufficient,
competent,
all right,
OK,
up to snuff,
