Definition of "scotch"

scotch¹

/skɒt͡ʃ/

noun
plural scotches
1. A surface cut or abrasion.
2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
3. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
  Quotations
  He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home. And he was always aware of this fall of silence on his entry, the shutting off of life, the unwelcome.
  1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […]
  The cars are positioned and secured solely by simple scotches pegged into the decking of the vehicle and easily movable; [...].
  1964 November, “"Cartic 4"—BR's new two-tier car-carrier”, in Modern Railways, page 324
verb
third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched
1. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
  Quotations
  We have scotched the snake, not killed it.
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
2. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
3. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
  Quotations
  Other declassified files from the 1960s show that the Northern Ireland government discussed a proposed tunnel to Scotland. Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive.
  2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in The Guardian‎
4. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
  Quotations
  The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.
  1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69
5. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
6. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.

scotch²

/skɒt͡ʃ/

adjective
comparative more scotch, superlative most scotch
1. Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”)
noun
countable and uncountable, plural scotches
1. Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”)
  Quotations
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎

scotch³

/skɒt͡ʃ/

noun
uncountable
1. Scotch tape
verb
third-person singular simple present scotches, present participle scotching, simple past and past participle scotched
1. (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) To rape.

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