scotch
- noun
- /skɑtʃ/
- Archaic
- Thanks for the scotch, Millie.
Examples
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I got you the scotch and the nylons you wanted.
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I've had a little scotch.
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This, it turned out, was full of scotch tape.
Fiction book (1998) -
But I thought we had another case of scotch.
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Salt, with a slight taste of scotch.
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And I think Mick's about to drown himself in the scotch bottle.
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Let me go where I can buy a bottle of scotch when I want, not wait for a rotten boat to bring me one bottle a week!
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"I meant your scotch."
Fiction book (1990) -
Gee, scotch is good.
Fiction book (1999) -
She made a small scotch on the paper to mark where the drawing would go.
Synonyms
A small cut made on a surface to show a number
A small mark or dent on a surface used as a guide
A small chip or notch in the surface of something
A small cut or mark on a surface that appears when something hits it
Small cuts or chips in a surface from use
Compounds
A strong drink from Scotland made from malted barley and aged in wooden barrels
- US
A medium to large pine tree with two needles per cluster and reddish brown flaky bark
- UK
A shrub with slender green branches and bright yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage, coated with breadcrumbs, then fried or baked and eaten cold as a snack
- UK
A medium large pine tree from northern Europe and Asia with two needles on each leaf and red-brown flaky bark
A small tree with long hanging groups of yellow flowers often grown in gardens
A strong drink made in Scotland from malted barley and aged in wooden casks
A plant with bright yellow or orange flowers often grown in gardens and used in herbal teas
A small, thick pancake cooked on a griddle and often eaten for breakfast or tea
How Deep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scotch comes from an old idea of a small 'cut' or 'notch', so imagine a worker making tiny marks on a wooden stick to count things. That's why a scotch is a small cut or score used as a mark.