scotch

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• WordNet 3.6
  • adj scotch avoiding waste "an economical meal","an economical shopper","a frugal farmer","a frugal lunch","a sparing father and a spending son","sparing in their use of heat and light","stinting in bestowing gifts","thrifty because they remember the great Depression","`scotch' is used only informally"
  • adj Scotch of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language "Scots Gaelic","the Scots community in New York","`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'","`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'"
  • v scotch make a small cut or score into
  • v scotch hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge","foil your opponent"
  • n Scotch whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  • n scotch a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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Scotch Pine. Scotch Fir

• Interesting fact: If you put a piece of scotch tape on an inflated balloon, then stick it with a small pin or needle, it won't pop.
• • n Scotch A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground.
  • n Scotch A slight cut or incision; a score.
  • Scotch Collectively, the people of Scotland.
  • a Scotch Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
  • Scotch The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
  • v. t Scotch To cut superficially; to wound; to score. "We have scotched the snake, not killed it."
  • v. t Scotch To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping.
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• Interesting fact: Ornithologists often use Scotch tape to cover cracks in the soft shells of fertilized pigeon eggs, allowing the eggs to hatch. Scotch tape has also been used as an anti-corrosive shield on the Goodyear Blimp.
• • scotch Same as Scottish. [The form Scotch, usual in England and the United States, is little used in Scotland, where either Scottish or Scots prevails, and where the preference for Scotsman instead of Scotchman is still more decided.]
  • n scotch Collectively, the people of Scotland. Also Scots, as plural of Scot.
  • n scotch The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland. Also Scots.
  • n scotch Scotch whisky.
  • scotch To scratch; score or mark with slight incisions; notch; hack. See scotching.
  • scotch To wound slightly.
  • scotch To dock; fine; amerce.
  • n scotch A slight cut or shallow incision; a scratch; a notch.
  • n scotch A line drawn on the ground, as in hop-scotch.
  • n scotch A prop or strut placed behind or before a wheel, to prevent its moving, or placed under a log to prevent it from rolling.
  • n scotch In well-boring, a slotted bar used to hold up the rod and tools while a section is being attached or detached from above.
  • scotch To prop or block, as the wheel of a coach or wagon, with a stone or other obstacle; hence, to put on the brake or drag to.
  • scotch To hold back.
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• • adj Scotch skoch pertaining to Scotland, its people, language, customs, products, &c
  • Scotch also Scot′tish, Scots
  • n Scotch the dialect of English spoken in Lowland Scotland:
  • v.t Scotch skoch to cut or wound slightly: to notch
  • n Scotch a notch, scratch
  • n Scotch skoch a strut or drag for a wheel
  • v.t Scotch to prop or block with such
  • v.t Scotch to stop or block
  • n Scotch (coll.) Scotch whisky
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• Raymond Herzog

  

  “If a guy has a really good success pattern, I'll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon on Scotch tape.”

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