| ADJECTIVE | pert | Scotch, Scots, Scottish | of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language |
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| all | scotch, economical, frugal, sparing, stinting | avoiding waste | |
| NOUN | shape | scotch, score | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) |
| food | Scotch, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky | whiskey distilled in Scotland | |
| VERB | social | scotch, thwart, queer, spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
| contact | scotch | make a small cut or score into |
| Sounds | skaa'ch | |
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| Rhymes | Boche ... wristwatch: 14 rhymes with aach... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language. | |
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| Synonyms | Scots, Scottish | |
| Spanish | escocés | |
| Catalan | escocés, escocès | |
| Nouns | Scotland | one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Meaning | avoiding waste. | |
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| Example | "'scotch' is used only informally" | |
| Synonyms | economical, frugal, sparing, stinting | |
| Broader | thrifty | Careful and diligent in the use of resources |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | económico, frugal | |
| Catalan | econòmic, frugal, sobri | |
| Meaning | A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). | |
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| Synonym | score | |
| Broader | incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent | A depression scratched or carved into a surface |
| Verbs | scotch | make a small cut or score into |
| Meaning | whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still. | |
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| Synonyms | Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky | |
| Narrower | Drambuie | A sweet Scotch whisky liqueur |
| Broader | whiskey, whisky | A liquor made from fermented mash of grain |
| Substance of | Rob Roy | A manhattan cocktail made with Scotch whiskey |
| Spanish | güisqui escocés, Scotch, Scotch whisky, whisky de malta, whisky escocés | |
| Catalan | whisky escocès | |
| Meaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | thwart, queer, spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | |
| Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
| disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | |
| ruin | Destroy or cause to fail | |
| short-circuit | hamper the progress of | |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar | |
| Meaning | make a small cut or score into. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | score, nock, mark | make small marks into the surface of |
| Nouns | scotch | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) |
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