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Defenition of the word scotch

    • Defenition of the word scotch

      • To hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
      • 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)
      • whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
      • 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'"
      • to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge."
      • a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
      • make a small cut or score into
      • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
      • 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 De
      • 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 `Scottis
      • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
      • avoiding waste
      • of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

    Synonyms for the word scotch

      • baffle
      • bilk
      • cross
      • economical
      • foil
      • frugal
      • frustrate
      • malt whiskey
      • malt whisky
      • queer
      • Scotch
      • Scotch whiskey
      • Scotch whisky
      • Scots
      • Scottish
      • sparing
      • spoil
      • stinting
      • thwart

    Similar words in the scotch

      • double cross
      • thrifty

    Hyponyms for the word scotch

      • dash
      • disappoint
      • Drambuie
      • let down
      • ruin
      • short-circuit

    Hypernyms for the word scotch

      • dent
      • forbid
      • foreclose
      • forestall
      • incision
      • mark
      • nock
      • preclude
      • prevent
      • prick
      • score
      • scratch
      • slit
      • whiskey
      • whisky

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