to scritch
8.8
To gently rub an animal's fur to make it feel good
- verb
- /skrɪtʃ/
- Informal
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acariciar
- Your puppy looks so sweet, just waiting to be scritched.
Examples
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I think a furry snuck in, and he's scritching.
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The cat purred as I gently scritched behind its ears.
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He scritched the dog’s belly, making it wag its tail happily.
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Whenever she felt stressed, she would scritch her rabbit to feel more relaxed.
Synonyms
to rub
vsto scritch
600
1.0
To move your hand over something with pressure to clean, warm, or ease an itch
is gentler and used mainly to comfort animals rather than to clean
to scratch
vsto scritch
262
1.0
To rub the skin with nails to relieve an itch or cause soreness
is gentler and meant to soothe animal fur rather than scrape skin
to caress
vsto scritch
55
3.4
To touch someone or something gently to show love
is more about soothing animal fur for comfort than human affection
to pet
vsto scritch
54
1.0
To stroke an animal gently to show affection
is gentler and focuses on soothing animal fur for comfort
How Gentle
Surface Forms
scritch infinitive
scritched past
scritched past participle
scritching present participle
scritches third person singular
Etymology
A helpful way to remember scritch is to think of the soft rubbing sound you make when you pet an animal, like a gentle scratch. So to scritch is to gently rub or scratch a pet to give 'comfort' or pleasure.