noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
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carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
nickel-and-dime accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"
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postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
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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.
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A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
Verb
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To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
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To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
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To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch noun.
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Hastily assembled; put together in a hurry or from disparate elements.
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Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
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Constructed from whatever materials are to hand.
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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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scratch To rub or scrape (a part of the body) with a sharp object (e.g. to relieve an itching).
scratch A mark or indentation left by drawing a sharp object over a surface.
scratch To scratch or cut with nails.
scratch To make a slight linear abrasion on a surface.
scratch To rub or scrape a part of one's self with a sharp object (e.g. to relieve an itching).
scratch To wound superficially with a sharp object dragged over the skin.
scratch To indicate the removal of part of a text by drawing a line over it.
