English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of scratch

scratch

/noun/ खरोंच; शैतान; पिशाच; नोच; नखरेखा; चरचराहट; पैसे; चर-चर; शून्य; न कुछ;
/adjective/स्थूल वर्णन किया हुआ; अस्थायी; सामयिक; इत्तफ़ाक़ का; संयोग का; आकस्मिक; कुछ वक़्त का;
/verb/खरोंचना; खरोंटना; कुरकुरा बनाना; कुरेदना; खसोटना; मुलायम बनाना; नक़्काशी करना;

Synonym scuff; Satan; demon; scrape; graze; gride; cash; null; temporary; topical; casual; occasional;

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English Dictionary:

1. Scratch

[a.]

- Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards.

2. Scratch

[n.]

- A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
- A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch.
- Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
- A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.

3. Scratch

[v. i.]

- To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
- To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.

4. Scratch

[v. t.]

- To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly.
- To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
- To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.