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    [Verb]  | "scratch" | \ ˈskrach \


    1: to scrape or dig with the claws or nails

    2: to rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or jagged

    3: to scrape or rub lightly (as to relieve itching)

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English scracchen, probably blend of scratten to scratch and cracchen to scratch;

    [Noun]  | "scratch" 


    1: a mark or injury produced by scratching; also : a slight wound

    2: scrawl, scribble

    3: the sound made by scratching

    Origin: circa 1586 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch hit" 


    1: a base hit resulting from a poorly hit ball

    Origin: 1903 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch pad" 


    1: a pad of scratch paper

    Origin: 1895 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch paper" 


    1: paper that may be used for casual writing

    Origin: 1899 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch sheet" 


    1: a racing publication listing competitors scratched from races and giving odds

    Origin: 1939 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch test" 


    1: a test for allergic susceptibility made by rubbing an extract of an allergen into small breaks or scratches in the skin

    Origin: 1937 ;

    [Noun]  | "scratch ticket" 


    1: a card (such as a lottery ticket) having a small area covered by an opaque coating which may be scratched off to reveal hidden information (such as a prize)

    Origin: 1977 ;

    [Adjective]  | "scratch" 


    1: arranged or put together with little selection : haphazard

    2: made as or used for a tentative effort

    3: made or done by chance and not as intended

    Origin: 1851 ;

    [Idiom]  | "scratch a living" 


    1: to earn barely enough money to live

    [Noun]  | "scratch" 


    1: a harsh grating sound;


      * e.g., " ... the scratch of metal on metal is not a good sound for a car to make "



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    2: something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment;


      * e.g., " ... she treated her buddies to a drink whenever she had the scratch for it "



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    [Noun]  | "scratch pad" 


    1: as in pad, notebook;


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    [Noun]  | "scratch pads" 


    1: as in pads, notebooks;


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    [Noun]  | "hen scratch" 


    1: as in scratch, hen track;


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    [Verb]  | "scratch" 


    1: to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface;


      * e.g., " ... scratched his arm on a branch "



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    2: to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface;


      * e.g., " ... the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows "



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    3: to write or draw hastily or carelessly;


      * e.g., " ... scratched a quick doodle in the margins "



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    [Verb]  | "scratch (out)" 


    1: to compose and set down on paper the words of;


      * e.g., " ... scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front "



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    2: to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it;


      * e.g., " ... scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one "



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     [ "scratch" ]

    1: cash money!!

      * e.g.,  ... I suspect you're just doing it for the scratch 

     [ "scratch" ]

    1: Tattoos, especially old school prison tats.

      * e.g.,  ... Holmes, did you see the "Folsom Prison scratch" on that old biker? It was the shit! 

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    1: In track, when a runner withdraws from a race before it begins. The term originated from the days when heat sheets were written on paper, and a runner's name would litterally be scratched off in pencil when he/she decided not to race.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm feeling tired today. I think I'm gonna run the mile, and scratch the 3000m. 

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    1: to engage in a sexual act with, most commonly intercourse

      * e.g.,  ... yo ma when you lettin ya man scratch? 

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    1: A minor cut or graze of the skin. Next to nothing on the damage scale.

      * e.g.,  ... Didn't even scratch me, pussy. 

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    2: To start from scratch is to start from nothing except knowledge and ambition.

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    1: Extramarital sex, extracurricular sex.

      * e.g.,  ... He married Molly last year, but he's still gettin' a little scratch on the side from Jenny. 

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    1:  (n) A term for cash money, paper, skrills, etc.

      * e.g.,  ...  You made any scratch this month? 

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    2:  (n,v) Term used to descibe the act of a disk jockey reversing the rotation of a vinyl record for split seconds to create a 'scratching', or 'rer-rer!' sound.

      * e.g.,  ...  Damn! That DJ is scratching that vinyl like a mofo! 

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    3:  (adj) Used to describe nothing, emptiness, or voidance, as in the words 'nul', 'nil', and 'none'

      * e.g.,  ...  Man, you ain't got scratch! 

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    4:  (n) Another name for crack cocaine, in its base form, before being cut.

      * e.g.,  ...  First we deliver the scratch, then they'll cut it for us. 

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    5:  (v) When one's reputation is lowered after an embarrasing act or rumor.

      * e.g.,  ...  Ya'll fools can't scratch me! 

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    6:  (v) To kill someone. See lay out, hit, or off.

      * e.g.,  ...  Oh, yeah, Miguel? He got scratched just yesterday. 

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    7:  (n) A term used in the game of billiards (pool) to describe a technical foul in which a player hits the white cue ball into a pocket.

      * e.g.,  ...  I scratced after trying to get that 4-ball in the corner pocket. 

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    8:  (v) To forget, disregard, or 'never mind'.

      * e.g.,  ...  My mom's a WHAT?! Scratch that, homie. 

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    1: ~n.

      * e.g.,  ... ...so I went in there and the sister's cunt didn't have the scratch, so I put a bullet through his kneecap. Then I cock smaked his philapino whore when she tried to suck me off to pay his points. 

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    2: bling bling

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    3: cash money

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    4: scrilla

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    5: dough

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    6: bank

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    7: legal tender

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    1: sound made when manipulating a record back and forth in a rhythmmatic fashion.

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    1: A musical note of definite pitch, created when moving a piece of vinyl back and forth in a rhythmic fashion under a needle on a phonographic turntable. Accidentally discovered (and later perfected) by Grand Wizzard Theodore.

      * e.g.,  ... "In fact I can't see, or can't imagine, a man who ain't a lover of beats, or a fan of scratchin'." - Eminem - "Infinite" 

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