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Definition: Scratcher |
ScratcherNoun1. A workman who uses a tool for scratching. 2. A person who scratches to relieve an itch. 3. A device used for scratching. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scratcher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
"Scratcher" is a common misspelling or typo for: scratched. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A handled device with a traverse holder used in screen or stencil printing to spread and force the color paste through the orifices of the screen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A tool for marking trees or round timber by scoring the outer surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device that automatically applies insecticide to cattle as they rub against it. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Occupations | Tends machine that buffs unfinished felt or wool hat bodies to raise, smooth, or polish nap: Secures hat block of specified size in chuck of machine, pulls hat body over block, and starts machine. Depresses pedal to rotate block and force hat body against rotating felt, sandpaper, or sharkskin-covered buffing wheels to raise nap or smooth and polish body. Releases pedal to stop machine when buffing is completed and removes body from block. Turns hat body inside out and replaces body on block to buff inside surfaces. May be designated according to type of machine tended as Brim Buffer (hat & cap); Crown Buffer (hat & cap); Hat Buffer, Automatic (hat & cap). (references) |
Public Administration | A scraper is a drilling tool used to remove cement, burrs, other debris and imperfections from inside casing, and preserve a clear, smooth bore(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Scratcher |
| English words defined with "scratcher": backscratcher. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scratcher": SCRATCHER TENDER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm going to write to Scratcher. (Jean de Florette; writing credit: Claude Berri; Gérard Brach) They called her Scratcher because when the boys tried to kiss her she scratched their faces (Jean de Florette; writing credit: Claude Berri; Gérard Brach) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expression using "scratcher": back scratcher. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
back scratcher | 292 |
scratcher | 12 |
cat scratcher | 8 |
wooden back scratcher | 6 |
blaster scratcher | 4 |
dj scratcher | 3 |
building cat scratcher | 3 |
fruity scratcher | 3 |
bottom scratcher | 3 |
mp3 scratcher | 3 |
cd ots scratcher | 2 |
head scratcher | 2 |
body cat scratcher | 2 |
buy back scratcher | 2 |
cd scratcher | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scratcher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ridsekniv (bark blazer, race, risser, scribe), ridsejern (bark blazer, hack, race, risser, scribe). (various references) | |
Dutch | schraper (miser, skinflint), ritsmes (bark blazer, marker, race, risser, scribe), blesring (bark blazer, marker, race, risser, scribe). (various references) | |
Finnish | koveli (bark blazer, race, risser, scribe). (various references) | |
French | racleur (pipeline scraper, scraper), raclette (scraper), piston (scraper), hérisson (scraper), griffe (scratch, scribe), grattoir (scraper), gratteur (scraper), furet (scraper), curette (scraper). (various references) | |
German | Schaber (scraper), Reishaken (bark blazer, race, risser, scribe), Reinigungsmolch (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper), Reinigungsbürste (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper), Molch (salamander), Kratzer (Mark, scar, score, scratch), Holzreißer (bark blazer, race, risser, scribe), Bohrkratzer (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper). (various references) | |
Greek | ξύστησ (scraper), αποξέστης (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper), τσουγγρανιστήσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'ר"ן (itcher). (various references) | |
Italian | scovolo per tubazioni (pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper), rastrello (rake), raschietto (scraper), raschiatore (hook, pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper), graffietto (bark blazer, race, risser, scribe), baffo di gatto (cat's whisker, pig, rabbit, rabbler, scraper, whisker). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 孫の手 (back scratcher). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ま"のて (back scratcher). (various references) | |
Manx | screebeyder (abrasive, scarifier, scraper), screbban (card, card wool comb), scrabeyder (pawer, scraper). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atcherscray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arruela (washer). (various references) | |
Spanish | raspador (rasp, scraper). (various references) | |
Swedish | rits (bark blazer, block rake, cut, graze, race, risser, scratch, scribe), märkjärn (bark blazer, branding iron, race, risser, scribe). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | підлабузник (back scratcher, bootlicker, camp follower, crawler, earthworm, flunkey, groveller, onhanger, reptile, sneak, zany), палиця для чухання спини (back scratcher). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scratcher": scratchers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scratcher" (pronounced 'Scratch"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: catchers, charters, cratches, recharts. | |
-2 letters: archers, cachets, carters, catcher, catches, charter, chaster, crasher, craters, rachets, ratches, rechart, scarcer, scratch, tracers. | |
-3 letters: archer, arches, arrest, caches, cachet, carers, carets, carter, cartes, caster, caters, chares, charrs, charts, chaser, chaste, cheats, cherts, cratch, crater, crates, earths, eschar, haters, hearts, racers, rachet, rarest, rasher, raster, raters, rather. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: carritches, characters, scratchers, scratchier. | |
+3 letters: characteries, charcuteries, cornstarches. | |
+4 letters: architectures, characterizes, characterless, noncharacters, oystercatcher, saccharimeter, saccharometer, trisaccharide. | |
+5 letters: characteristic, countercharges, countermarches, oystercatchers, saccharimeters, saccharometers, spectrographic, trisaccharides. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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