Scratch

Definition: Scratch

Scratch

Noun

1. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.

2. A depression scratched or carved into a surface.

3. Dry mash for poultry.

4. A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her".

5. Poor handwriting.

6. An indication of damage.

Verb

1. Cause friction; "my sweater scratches".

2. Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.

3. Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "scratch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Computing

Dream Interpretation

Finance

Fine Arts

Industry

Literature

Mining

Slang

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Scratch

Contention

Join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; (warfare).

Courage

Up to, up to the scratch; upon one's mettle; reassured; Verb: unfeared, undreaded.

Take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage; nerve oneself, take heart; take heart, pluck up heart of grace; hold up one's head, screw one's courage to the sticking place; come up to scratch; stick to one's guns, standfire, stand against; bear up, bear up against; hold out; (persevere) a.

Evil

Blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus; damage, loss; (deterioration).

Friction

Verb: rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw; file, grind. (reduce to powder).

Furrow

Noun: furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; corduroy road, cradle hole.

Indication

Mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.

Inexpedience

Maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite; (scourge); do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

Inquiry

Scratch the head, slap the forehead.

Misrepresentation

Noun: misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura, exaggeration; daubing; Verb: bad likeness, daub, sign painting; scratch, caricature; anamorphosis; burlesque, falsification, misstatement; parody, lampoon, take-off, travesty.

Obliteration

Verb: efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel; blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out; wipe off, rub off; wipe away; deface, render illegible; draw the pen through, apply the sponge.

Painting

Verb: paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil; Noun: paint in oils; Noun: stencil; depict; (represent).

Shallowness

Noun: shallowness; Adjective: shoals; mere scratch.

Writing

Verb: write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down; (record); sign; (attest); enface.

Crosswords: Scratch

French (scratching).

'Tis but a scratch. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Every day I wake up without a scratch on me, not a dent in the fender I am an immortal (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Marla the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can't (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

I could scratch your ear. I could rub your tummy (Stuart Little; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch! (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher)

And every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin' (TURN THE BEAT AROUND; performing artist: Gloria Estefan)

I don't bend, break, fold, scratch, go down (Guilty Until Proven Innocent; performing artist: Jay-Z)

Yo rip it up for a bit give em a little scratch make it funky fresh (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

You scratch just like a monkey (HARLEM SHUFFLE; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

It is strange how an earthquake 4,000 miles away seems less of a catastrophe than the first scratch on your new car. (references; author: unknown)

Willy & Scratch (1971)

Scratch a Tiger (1970)

The Three Scratch Clue (1914)

Scratch & Burn (2002)

Cat Scratch Fever (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Semi-Homemade Cooking: Quick, Marvelous Meals and Nothing Is Made from Scratch (reference)

• Scratch and Sketch: A Cool Art Activity Book! with Other (reference)

• Roman Aromas (Smelly Old History, Scratch N Sniff Your Way Through the Past) (reference)

• How Do Astronauts Scratch an Itch: An Imponderables Book (reference)

• The Looniness of the Long Distance Runner: An Unfit Londoner's Attempt to Run the New York City Marathon from Scratch (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Scriptures From Scratch (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Scratch (reference)

• Do Pigs Scratch their backs and other Questions On the Farm (reference)

• Scratch the Surface (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch [LIMITED EDITION] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• Scratch in the Sky (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Scratch Golf (reference)

• MAXELL DVD-335 DVD Scratch and Repair Kit (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Klein 650XXX Cushion-Grip Scratch Awl (reference)

• Stanley 69-007a Wood Handle Scratch Awl (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Unless I can have your agreement to make Miss Angela Boggs toe the scratch --. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Molinas super scratch kings Popular dance music of the Indians of Southern Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

She lives on "Scratch Hill," outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Home on "Scratch Hill," outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden". Credit: Library of Congress.

"Scratch Hill," outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "Most of the people here have farmed, now they're on Work Projects Administration at twenty-three dollars and ten cents a month. Their hold to this country used to be timber work, but that's. Credit: Library of Congress.

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone. I'm going west to Lubbock and Arizona. Last year I worked in the cotton". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Or to scratch off the escutcheon of Henry IV.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Do not squeeze or scratch pimples. (references)

It can cause children to itch and scratch themselves until they bleed. (references)

You may get rabies from a scratch if the animal, such as a cat,  was licking its paw before it scratched you. (Remember that the rabies virus is found in the saliva of an animal). (references)

Business

Modern distributors of beauty products had to create a new efficient marketing and distribution system practically from scratch. (references)

Economic History

Slovenia

After independence, Slovenia was faced with having to build up most of its forces from scratch. (references)

Portugal

Scratch the surface of almost any major project in Portugal and you turn up the presence of EU funds. (references)

Eritrea

Beginning with no constitution, no judicial system, and an education system in shambles, it has been forced to build the institutions of government from scratch. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "scratch": cat scratch disease ♦ come through without a scratch ♦ come up to scratch ♦ come up to the scratch ♦ drift scratch ♦ escape without a scratch ♦ fine scratch ♦ from scratch ♦ glacial scratch ♦ mere scratch ♦ old Scratch ♦ sand scratch ♦ scratch a hole in smth. ♦ scratch about ♦ scratch along ♦ scratch around ♦ scratch awl ♦ scratch by ♦ scratch card ♦ scratch card lottery ♦ scratch coat ♦ scratch cradle ♦ scratch disk ♦ scratch from scratch ♦ scratch grass ♦ scratch hit ♦ scratch line ♦ scratch meal ♦ scratch monkey ♦ scratch my back and i'll scratch yours ♦ scratch of ♦ scratch off ♦ scratch one's head ♦ scratch oneself ♦ scratch open ♦ scratch out ♦ scratch pad ♦ scratch pad memory ♦ scratch paper ♦ scratch player ♦ scratch race ♦ scratch runner ♦ scratch sheet ♦ scratch smb.'s eyes out ♦ scratch smb.'s eye's out ♦ scratch team ♦ scratch test ♦ scratch the head ♦ scratch the surface ♦ scratch through ♦ scratch to pieces ♦ scratch together ♦ scratch up ♦ scratch wig ♦ start from scratch ♦ start from the scratch ♦ To come to the scratch ♦ To scratch a ticket ♦ toe to the scratch ♦ you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. Additional references.

Beginning with "scratch": scratch-cat, scratch-digging, scratch-free, scratch-in, scratch-marks, scratch-mixed, scratch-mixing, scratch-off, scratch-pad, scratch-player, scratch-proof, scratch-race, scratch-resistant, scratch-stock, scratch-test, scratch-wig, scratch-work.

Ending with "scratch": back-scratch, chic-scratch, non-scratch, past-scratch.

Containing "scratch": Cat-Scratch Disease.

Afrikaans

krap. (various references)

Albanian

shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, brand, butt, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), i mbledhur (collected, collecting, collective, shrunken), çjerr me thonj, gërric (rip, scatter, scrabble, shatter, slit, tear), gërricje (burst, fracture, gap, rupture, scrape, split), gërvimë (burr, creak, crunch, rasp, squeak), gërvin (burr, creak, crunch, rasp, squeak), gërvisht (bark, clank, clapperclaw, claw, graze, jingle, lacerate, Nick, scarify, scrabble, strum, tear), çjerr (clapperclaw, claw, lacerate, tear up), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), i rastit (adventitious, casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fortuitous, haphazard, incident, incidental, makeshift, occasional, odd, passing, random, stray, transient), kërcas (clash, click, crack, crackle, creak, crepitate, crunch, Gride, grit one's teeth, jar, scroop, snap, squeak), kërcitje (clack, clash, click, clicking, crack, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, crepitation, crunch, Gride, grinding, groan, pop, pound, rap, rattle, screech, snap, splutter, squeak), krismë (bang, clash, crack, crash, rattle, smash, snap), kruaj (abrade, chafe, dress, dub, fret, grate, pick), pikë nisjeje (jumping-off-place, post), gërvishtje (laceration, scrabble, scrape, scratching). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خربشة (scrabble, scrawl, scribble), ‏شج (scar, scarf, score, slash), ‏شطب (blot, cancel, cancellation, cross, cross out, delete, deletion, score, scratching, slash, stroke, write off), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏إنكرش, ‏جلفة, ‏جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, amass, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting), ‏بدأ من الصفر (start afresh), ‏خدشة, ‏نحت (boast, carving, chisel, erode, gouge, incise, pattern, sculpt, sculpture), ‏خمش, ‏خمشة, ‏صر صريرا خفيفا, ‏صرير خفيف, ‏حك جلده, ‏حفر بأظافره, ‏قرصة (nip, pinch), ‏خدش (abrasion, claw, graze, mark, rake, scarify, score, scotch, scrape, scratch off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

драскулка (doodle, scrawl, scribble, squiggle), дращене (scrabble), лош почерк (scrawl, scribble), без хандикап, първокласен (champion, classic, classical, clinking, exclusive, first class, first rate, five-star, gilt-edged, number one, posh, prize, pucka, pukka, ranking, slap up, slashing, swell, top notch, topflight, top-hole), почесване, почесвам, елиминирам от състезание, импровизиран (candid, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, off the cuff, offhand, rough and ready, unpremeditated), елиминиран играч, драскотина (graze, scar, score, scotch, scrape, streak), драскам (score, scrabble), драска, драсване на перо, драсвам (claw, strike), дращя (scrabble), пари (cash, chink, currency, dough, dross, dust, funds, kale, loot, money, needful, pelf, pile, pocket, purse, ready, rhino, shiners, smart, splosh, stuff, tin, vapor, vapour, wad, wampum), одраскване, стартова линия (scratch line, starting line), скърцане (creak, groan, squeak, stridulate), скърцам (creak, grate, groan, scrape, screak, squeak), смесен (amalgamated, farraginous, hyphenated, impure, incorporated, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, scrappy), разнороден (assorted, discrete, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, promiscuous, raggle-taggle), чесане, едва свързвам двата края (eke out a livelihood, scrape along), оттеглям се от състезание, събран от къде да е, одрасквам (clapperclaw, graze, rake, scrape, scuff), нулев резултат (duck's egg, zip), направен от какво да е, написвам (make, make out, produce, put down, transcribe, turn out, write, write out), надрасквам (score, scribble), мангизи (dibs, gilt, greens, kale, loot, necessary, rhino, shekels), чеша (heckle, slate). (various references)

Chinese 

猱 , 抓痕, 抓傷 . (various references)

Czech

splácaný (scrappy), skřípot (creak, Gride, jar, scream, scrunch), podrápat, poškrábat (Mark, scar, score, scrape), improvizovaný (ad lib, impromptu, improvised, offhand, unprepared, unrehearsed), drápanec, štípat (bite, chop, cleave, cut, pinch, punch, smart, split), škrábanec (scrape), škrábání, šelest (rustle, sound). (various references)

Danish

ridse (abrasion), skrabe (scrape), kradse (scrub mark). (various references)

Dutch

schram (abrasion), scharrelen (court, flirt, flit, flutter, fumble, woo), krauwen, krabben (crabs, dragging), klauwen. (various references)

Esperanto

skrapvundo (abrasion), skrapi (scrape), grati. (various references)

Faeroese

skava (scrape), klóra (scrape). (various references)

Finnish

raapia (claw, scrape), naarmu (block rake, cut, graze), kynsiä. (various references)

French

gratter (scrabble, scrabble about, scrape), rayure (score), raie, griffer (scratch off), éraflure (score, scrape), égratignure, écorchure. (various references)

Frisian

skram (abrasion). (various references)

German

Schramme (Mark, scrape), ritzen (carve, scarify, scribe, to scribe), Kratzer (Mark, scar, score), kratzen (bother, card, claw, grate, prickle, rasp, rasping, scrabble, scrape, scratchiness, scratching, tease, to scratch), Ritz (chink, crack, cranny). (various references)

Greek 

αμυχή (abrasion, scarification, scotch), γρατσουνιά, ξύνω (grate, rub off, scrape, sharpen). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשרוט (graze, scarify, scotch, scrape, skin, slash), לחכך (expectorate, rub, spit), לגרוד (scrabble, scrape), לגרד (abrade, grate, itch, scrabble, scrape), לסרוק (card, comb, lacerate, scan, scour, search), לסרוט (graze, scarify, scrape, slash), שריטה (cut, incision, laceration, scarification, slash), חריקה (creak, grating, grinding, rattling, squeak), סריטה (scarification). (various references)

Hungarian

karcolás (abrasion, chafing, nick, score, scoring, scrape). (various references)

Indonesian

parut (grater, rasp, scar), coretan (graffiti, pen drawing, stripe), cakar (claw, paw), bergaruk-garuk, bergaruk. (various references)

Italian

graffio (graze, scrape), scalfire (graze, scarify, scribe, scribing), raschiare (abrade, Gride, rake, rasp, scour, scrape, scrapers), graffiare (be scratched, bite, claw, graze, scrape, scratch oneself). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

傷 (bruise, cut, gash, hurt, injury, wound). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すりきず (abrasion, graze, marring caused by rubbing), きず (blemish, bruise, cut, defect, flaw, gash, hurt, injury, scar, weak point, wound), しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, section, send for, take, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound), きざ (affectation, conceit, sitting up in bed, sitting up straight, snobbery), さっかしょう (abrasion), ふみきり (crossover, level crossing, railway crossing, starting line), つめあと (fingernail mark, ravages, scar), かすりきず (graze), スクラッチ , じょうこん (abrasion, linear mark, streak). (various references)

Korean 

찰상. (various references)

Manx

scryssey (cancel, cancellation; growl, eliminate, elimination, erase, forage, grin, pare down, rub out, scrap, scrape, scrape away, scraping, shave, sneer, strike out, wipe out, write off), screebey (abrade, abrasion, chafe, claw, dress, friction, grate, graze, itch, rasp, scrape, scrape along, scraping, scrawl, scuffle, stridulate, striking), screebage (cockleshell, flourish, scar), screeb (abrasion, scolding, score, scrape), scrabey, scrabage (scar, stroke), rassey (cancellation; seed, demolish; tearing, rend, rending, rip, rip up, tear, undo, undo as knitting, undoing), jeh'n traa, ingney (claw, crab, crab as birds, of a claw), claamey. (various references)

Papiamen

huñá (abrasion), huña. (various references)

Pig Latin

atchscray.(various references)

Portuguese

raspar (abrade, bark, blot, bream, delete, erase, fray, grate, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scrape off, scuff, shave, skive, strike out), coçar (fray, rub), arranhar (clapperclaw, claw, dodder, gall, graze, rase, raze, scrabble, scrape, splutter, sputter, strum, thrum, twang), arranhadura (guide-mark, marking), arranhão (claw). (various references)

Romanian

scurma (grub), scârţâi (creak, crunch, groan, jar, rasp, scrape, screak, squeak), scârţâit (creak, creaky, crunch, rasping, scrape, scraping, screak, squeak, squeaky), scris neciteţ (scribble, slur), scurma pãmântul, semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), scãrpina, hârşâi (grate, scrape), rãzui (abrade, erase, grate, grind, rasp, raze, regrate, scrape), executare (carriage, death, dispatch, enforcement, execution, performance, printing out, workmanship), jupuiturã (raw), ştersãturã (blot, erasure, wiping), şterge (abrade, annex, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, mop, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe), hârşâit, juli (gall, graze, Peel), juliturã (graze), jupui (abrade, bark, excoriate, flay, fleece, gall, graze, Harry, Peel, pill, raw, rip off, Rob, skin, soak, strip, wound), linie de plecare, mâzgãli (blot, daub, scrawl, scribble, slur, smear, smirch, smudge), însemnare (chalk, denotation, jotting, memorandum, note, noting, score, scotch, sign, tally), râcâi (grate, scrape), zgrepţãna, rãzuire (abrasion, rasping, scrape, scraping), trage uşor, zgâria (bruise, claw, gall, raw, score, scrape, scrawl), zgârieturã (brush, gall, score, scrape), zgârieturã uşoarã, mâzgãliturã (doodle, scribble, slur, smear, smirch, smudge). (various references)

Russian 

ссадина (abrasion, chap, erosion, excoriation, gall, galling, raw), экскориация (excoriation), росчерк (flourish), расцарапать, разношерстный (pick'n'mix), чесаться (itch), чесать (comb), царапать царапина временный, царапать (clapperclaw, claw, crab, scrabble), царапина (excoriation, notch, scrape), вычеркивать (black out, blue-pencil, cancel, cross off, cross out, delete, efface, expunge, expurgate, kill, line through, obliterate, raze, score out, scratch out, strike off, strike out), зуд (itch, prurience), заскрипеть (creak), линия старта. (various references)

Scottish

sgròb (scrape), sgrìob (a scratch, draw scratches, furrow, mark, trip or, walk), tachais (scrape the surface of the skin). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

start (start), slučajan pogodak u bilijaru, skrpljen (scrappy), ogrepsti (scotch, scrape), češati, bez ikakvog ograničenja, grebanje (tickle), izbrisati (delete, expunge, obliterate, red pencil, rub out, score out, scratch off, scratch out, strike, strike off, strike out, wipe out), nivo (level, stratum), odustati (abjure, backtrack, baulk, drop, drop out, give up, lay off, pass up, quit, recede, remise, withdraw), škripanje (creaking, crunch), ogrebotina (scrape), zagrepsti, okrznuti (graze, pip, rase, shave), opozvati (recall, repeal, revoke), povući (disaffirm, draw off, keep back, pull, recall, retire, take, take back, withdraw), zaderati, ogrebati (scrape). (various references)

Spanish

rascar (claw, saw, scrape, scratch oneself), raya (crease, dash, devilfish, hairline, line, Mark, parting, ray, score, sea devil, skate, streak, stria, strip, stripe), rasguño (scrape), rascadura (graze), cancelar (annul, call off, cancel, countermand, delete, erase, repudiate, spread, to cancel, undo, wipe out, write off, zap), arañazo (score, scrape). (various references)

Swedish

riva (claw, grate, knock down, ravel, rip, rub, tear, tear down, wreck), klösa (claw), startlinje (starting line, starting-line), skråma (cut, scar), rispa (cut, flesh, score), repa (score, scrape), krafsa (scrabble). (various references)

Thai

เกา, ถอนตัวจากการแข่งขัน, รอยข่วน, ครูดออก. (various references)

Turkish

sıyrık (abrasion, flesh wound, gall, graze, rawness, scar, scrape), gıcırtı (clack, creak, jar, squeak, squeal), çızıktırma, çekilmek (abdicate, be pulled, bolt, bow, bow out, decline, desist, draw away, draw back, draw off, dry up, ebb, edge out, give over, go out, gravitate, opt out, quit, recede, repair, resign, retire, retract, secede, stand, step aside, step down, walk out, withdraw), çizgi (bar, drawing, furrow, grain, groove, line, ruling, score, stria, stripe, wheal), çizik (dint, scar, score, scrape), çizmek (construct, cross out, depict, describe, draw, groove, limn, line, mark up, picture, plough, plow, rule, scar, score, set, trace, write off), acele ile toplanmış, acele ile yazmak (dash down, dash off, scrabble, scrawl), avanssız, başlangıç çizgisi (score), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak), derme çatma (crazy, hastily put up, jerry built, patchy, rambling, scrappy, scratchy), tırnaklamak, gelişigüzel (at haphazard, at random, by chance, by fits and starts, casual, cursory, desultory, excursive, go-as-you-please, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit or miss, hit-and-miss, indiscriminate, promiscuous, random, scratchy), kaşıma sesi, kaşımak, kaşınmak (ask, ask for trouble, itch, itch for trouble), karalamak (bedaub, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot out, breathe upon, calumniate, chalk out, dash, dash down, dash off, denigrate, doodle, draw, line through, pollute, rule smth. out, scandalize, score out, scrabble, scribble, scribble down, smudge, smut, strike through), kazımak (delete, erase, grave, incise, inscribe, rub, rub out, scrape, scratch along, scratch out, stamp, strip), rasgele (aimlessly, at a venture, at haphazard, at random, by chance, desultory, freehand, haphazard, haphazardly, hit or miss, hit-and-miss, indiscriminate, offhand, promiscuous, random, stray, wild), tırmalamak (claw, scrabble), cızırdamak (sizzle, spit, splutter, sputter). (various references)

Turkmen 

sypjyryk, ykyrdy (creak), gaюamak, dyrnaзaklamak, dyrnaзak (abrasion). (various references)

Ukrainian

чиркнути, чиркання, кривулька, випадково зібраний докупи, наспіх написаний, нашвидку написати, подряпина (chalk, graze, notch, scrape), дряпатися, дряпати (claw, scrabble, scrape), дряпання. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vết xước, vết xây sát, linh tinh (desultory, divers), lệnh viết dễ cho có mặt đúng lúc, không chọn lựa, hỗn tạp (heterogeneous, promiscuous), $old Scratch$ quỷ sứ. (various references)

Welsh

cripio (climb, creep), crafu (itch, scrape), crafiad, cosi (itch, itching). (various references)

Yucatec

la'achik. (various references)

arado, dele, deleam, deleamus, deleant, deleantur, deleas, deleat, deleatur, delebimus, delebis, delebit, delebitque, delebitur, delebo, delebor, delebunt, delebuntur, delendam, delendi, delendos, delens, deleo, delere, delerem, delerent, deleret, deleri, deleta, deletae, deleti, deletis, deleverit, deleverunt, delevi, delevimus, delevit, delevitque, deradebat, eradamus, eradat, eraserit, radant, radat, radatis, radent, radentem, radet, radetur, radi, rasa, rasi, rasit, rasitque, rasum, rasurae, scabere, scalpere, scalpsit, scalpsitque, scalptura, scalpturae, scalpturam, scalpturaque, scalpturarum, scalpturas. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "scratch": scratchboard, scratchboards, scratched, scratcher, scratchers, scratches, scratchier, scratchiest, scratchily, scratchiness, scratchinesses, scratching, scratchy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Scratch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cratch, scrach, scrath, scrathe, scritch, stratch, stratech. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: charts, cratch, starch.

-2 letters: carts, catch, chars, chart, chats, crash, harts, ratch, scart, tachs, tahrs, trash.

-3 letters: acts, arch, arcs, arts, cars, cart, cash, cast, cats, char, chat, hart, hast, hats, rash, rath, rats, scar, scat, star, tach, tahr, tars, tsar.

-4 letters: act, arc, ars, art, ash, car, cat, has, hat, rah, ras, rat.

+1 letter: catchers, cratches, scratchy.

+2 letters: scratched, scratcher, scratches, trochaics.

+3 letters: acritarchs, archaistic, architects, carritches, cartouches, catchwords, cathartics, characters, chromatics, cornstarch, crosshatch, crosspatch, escharotic, ochlocrats, octarchies, scratchers, scratchier, scratchily, scratching, watchcries.

+4 letters: anarchistic, backstretch, catachreses, catachresis, catchphrase, catechizers, charismatic, cowcatchers, dogcatchers, escharotics, eucharistic, flycatchers, psychiatric, scratchiest, technocrats, theocracies, witchcrafts.

+5 letters: arthroscopic, catachrestic, catastrophic, catchphrases, chanticleers, characteries, charcuteries, charismatics, chocolatiers, chromaticism, cornstarches, crosshatched, crosshatches, crosspatches, czarevitches, gnatcatchers, intrapsychic, mesothoracic, physiocratic, saccharinity, scratchboard, scratchiness, tachycardias, trenchancies, weathercocks.