scotch
adjective
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
- `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
Similar word(s): scots, scottish
2. avoiding waste
- `scotch' is used only informally
Similar word(s): thrifty, economical, frugal, sparing, stinting
noun
1. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
Similar word(s): score
Definition categories: shape, dent, incision, scratch, slit
2. whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
Definition categories: food, whiskey, whisky
Sentences with scotch as a noun:
- a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground
verb
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Similar word(s): baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, spoil, thwart
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
2. make a small cut or score into
Definition categories: contact, mark, nock, score
Sentences with scotch as a verb:
- The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
- The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
- The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
- Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. [1]