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adj
- Causing an itching sensation.
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
- Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
- Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
- (figurative) Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
- (figurative) Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
- (figurative) In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
- nervous and unable to relax
verb
- cause to perceive an itch
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- have or perceive an itch
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
noun
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- a strong restless desire
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
noun
noun
adv
verb
- (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
- (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
- (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
- (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
- (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
- (intransitive) To feel titillation.
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- touch or stroke lightly
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
noun
verb
noun
- an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
- Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
- plural of hive
verb
noun
- an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
- a sensation of having been stung by nettles
- The sensation of being stung by nettles.
- (pathology) The development of urticaria (hives).
- (medicine) Beating the skin with nettles (formerly used to treat paralysis).
verb
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- 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.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
adj
- (sports) (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.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
verb
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
adj
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
noun
- An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.
- The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
- A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
- A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- a teeming multitude
verb
- (transitive) To collect (bees) into a hive.
- (transitive) To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
- (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.
- (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity.
- (intransitive) To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
- move together in a hive or as if in a hive
- store, like bees
- gather into a hive
noun
- (Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
- (nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
- A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
- (Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.
- A reef knot.
- (Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
adj
verb
- (nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
- (slang) To manipulate the lining of a person's pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.
- (nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
- (Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
- lower and bring partially inboard
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
noun
verb
- cause a prickling sensation
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
noun
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
verb
noun
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
noun
- a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- a device used for scratching
- a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.
- (slang) A counterfeiter.
- A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
- (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
- (gambling) A scratch card.
- A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.
- Someone who scratches.
- (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
- (slang) A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).
verb
- cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- (transitive) To fasten with a tingle; to tack.
- (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (intransitive) To ring; to tinkle or twang.
- (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (masonry, transitive) To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle.
- (transitive) To patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight.
- (transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
noun
- A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
- A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
- A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
- (masonry) An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.
- A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.
noun
adj
- characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
- elegant and stylish
- improperly forward or bold
- painfully severe
- showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
- quick and brisk
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- (Appalachia) Hard-working.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- Sudden and intense.
- (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
verb
noun
- a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- liveliness and eagerness
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- (countable) The result or product of being smart.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
adj
- causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
- annoying and unpleasant
- (informal, uncommon) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
- (informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
- Moving by creeping along.
- (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
- (informal, especially) Causing discomfort through exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior.
noun
noun
adv
verb
- (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.
- (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
- (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
- (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
- (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
- (intransitive) To feel titillation.
- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
- touch or stroke lightly
- touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
noun
verb
noun
- an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
- Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
- plural of hive
verb
noun
- an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
- a sensation of having been stung by nettles
- The sensation of being stung by nettles.
- (pathology) The development of urticaria (hives).
- (medicine) Beating the skin with nettles (formerly used to treat paralysis).
verb
- cause to perceive an itch
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- have or perceive an itch
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
noun
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- a strong restless desire
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
verb
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- 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.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
adj
- (sports) (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.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
noun
- An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.
- The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
- (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.
- A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
- A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
- a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
- a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
- a teeming multitude
verb
- (transitive) To collect (bees) into a hive.
- (transitive) To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
- (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.
- (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity.
- (intransitive) To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
- move together in a hive or as if in a hive
- store, like bees
- gather into a hive
noun
- (Now chiefly dialectal) The itch; any eruptive skin disorder.
- (nautical) A portion of a sail rolled and tied down to lessen the area exposed in a high wind.
- A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.
- (Now chiefly dialectal) Dandruff.
- A reef knot.
- (Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
- one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
adj
verb
- (nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.
- (slang) To manipulate the lining of a person's pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.
- (nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
- (Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.
- lower and bring partially inboard
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
noun
noun
- a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- a device used for scratching
- a workman who uses a tool for scratching
- An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.
- (slang) A counterfeiter.
- A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
- (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
- (gambling) A scratch card.
- A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.
- Someone who scratches.
- (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
- (slang) A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).
noun
adj
- characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
- elegant and stylish
- improperly forward or bold
- painfully severe
- showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
- quick and brisk
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- (Appalachia) Hard-working.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- Sudden and intense.
- (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
verb
noun
- a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- liveliness and eagerness
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- (countable) The result or product of being smart.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
verb
- cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- (transitive) To fasten with a tingle; to tack.
- (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (intransitive) To ring; to tinkle or twang.
- (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (masonry, transitive) To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle.
- (transitive) To patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight.
- (transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
noun
- A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
- A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
- A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
- (masonry) An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.
- A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.
verb
- cause to perceive an itch
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- have or perceive an itch
- (intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- have a strong desire or urge to do something
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
noun
- an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
- a strong restless desire
- a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
verb
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- (music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- (ambitransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
- (of a surface) To get such scratches.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- (billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- (swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that one was previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
- To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- gather (money or other resources) together over time
- cause friction
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
noun
- An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
- A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- Poor handwriting; especially, illegibly so.
- (music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
- A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
- A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
- 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.
- (in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- (meiosis) A minor injury.
- A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- (cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
- Nothing, zero. Used especially in card games or sports, but also expressions like "from scatch".
- (now historical) A scratch wig.
- (horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
- (slang) Money; especially, cash.
- a harsh noise made by scraping
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- informal terms for money
- (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
- a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- an indication of damage
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- dry mash for poultry
- poor handwriting
adj
- (sports) (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.
- (computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
- For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
- Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
verb
- scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
- move over something with pressure
- cause friction
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
- (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
- (transitive, bowls) To touch the jack with the bowl.
noun
- the act of rubbing or wiping
- an unforeseen obstacle
- A difficulty or problem.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- An act of rubbing.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- (UK, naval slang) A loan.
verb
- cause a prickling sensation
- cause a stinging pain
- stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
- to stick up
- to cause a sharp emotional pain
- make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
- deliver a sting to
- (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
- (farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- (ambitransitive) To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
- (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing.
- To aim at a point or mark.
- (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
- (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
- (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
noun
- obscene terms for penis
- the act of puncturing with a small point
- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
- a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
- The footprint of a hare.
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A feeling of remorse.
- (slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a male) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small pointed object.
verb
noun
- a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
- A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
- A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
- (collective) A group of hedgehogs or porcupines.
- A kind of willow basket.
- (botany) A sharp, hard extension of the cortex and epidermis of some plants (such as roses), informally called a "thorn".
noun
verb
verb
- cause a stinging or tingling sensation
- (transitive) To fasten with a tingle; to tack.
- (intransitive) To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (intransitive) To ring; to tinkle or twang.
- (transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
- (masonry, transitive) To secure the middle of a guide line by means of a tingle.
- (transitive) To patch with a tingle; to cover a hole in something that requires it to be watertight.
- (transitive) To cause to ring, to tinkle.
noun
- A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings
- A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
- A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
- (masonry) An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.
- A tingling sound; a chime or tinkle.
adj
- Causing an itching sensation.
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
- Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
- Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
- (figurative) Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
- (figurative) Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
- (figurative) In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
- nervous and unable to relax
adj
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- easily irritated or annoyed
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
adj
- causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
- annoying and unpleasant
- (informal, uncommon) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
- (informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
- Moving by creeping along.
- (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
- (informal, especially) Causing discomfort through exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior.