Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Proper Noun

The word "scratch" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Influenced By

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Derived Terms

Old Scratch Scratcher cat scratch cat scratch disease cat-scratch fever chicken scratch come to the scratch head-scratching needle scratch no great scratch scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist scratch a living scratch an itch scratch and sniff scratch below the surface scratch beneath the surface scratch by scratch card scratch comma scratch hit scratch made scratch one's head scratch one's own itch scratch out scratch pad scratch paper scratch plough scratch print scratch race scratch sheet scratch someone's back scratch tape scratch team scratch that scratch the itch scratch the surface scratch together scratch up scratch-and-dent scratch-built scratch-proof scratchband scratcher scratchpad scratchy start from scratch tight scratch up to scratch without a scratch you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

Context

billiards computing cycling from scratchpad golf music programming slang sports us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accumulate adjoin amass blemish cancel carve challenger chip at collect competition competitor compile contact contender defect defer delete depression hand handicap handwriting hoard hold over impression imprint incise irritate lesion line mar mash meet money noise pile up postpone prorogue put off put over remit rival roll up script set back shelve table touch wound

Type Of (IsA)

blemish handicap programming language rival

Manner Of

incise

Motivated By Goal

itch

Related Terms

aberration assembled board boxing cats chicken claw cross out crossfader cut delete depart discus disruption educational excoriation feed fluke free fungi grain hammer throw handicap heel horse ignore incomplete injury irritation itch long jump mark money nail pool preliminary race recording medium remove rider rough rub scab score shot shot put strike out strike through surface tentative turntable vinyl visual programming language wig wound

Similar Terms

engrave etch

Synonym Network

abrasion boodle cancel chicken feed engrave fungi incision rub scrape scrattle scribble start strike

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.