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Sports team brought together on a temporary basis
sides. A game played between two scratch teams may be called a scratch match. The earliest instance of the term "scratch team" recorded by the Oxford English
Scratch_team
Programming language learning environment
project for Scratch in Linux, not made by the Scratch team. "Scratch 30Jun03". Scratch Wiki. "Talk:Scratch Timeline – Scratch Wiki". Scratch Wiki. Lee,
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
Turntablism technique
Scratching, sometimes referred to as scrubbing, is a DJ and turntablist technique of moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable to produce percussive
Scratching
Block-based programming language
mascot of Snap!, is a modified version of Gobo from Scratch, with permission from the Scratch Team. He is named after Alonzo Church[citation needed], the
Snap!_(programming_language)
Scottish racing cyclist (born 1994)
team, Archibald claimed silver in the scratch race and bronze in the points race. Recalled to the Great Britain team for the 2013–14 Track World Cup second
Katie_Archibald
List of mascots for computer hardware, software, and concepts
permission from the Scratch Team.}} {{Cite web|title=Scratch Cat |url=https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Scratch_Cat |website=en.scratch-wiki
List_of_computing_mascots
Men's national association football team
FIFA-recognised international match against other countries. The HKFA also sent a scratch team for 1957 Merdeka Tournament, which was composed of players from Eastern
Hong Kong national football team
Hong_Kong_national_football_team
Measure of a golfer's playing ability
field; this is especially common in pairs and team competitions. Course Rating, (Standard) Scratch Score, Scratch Rating, and Standard Rating are largely equivalent
Handicap_(golf)
Jamaican reggae singer and producer (1936–2021)
Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative
Lee_"Scratch"_Perry
British rugby union team
A women's team was established in 2017. Many rugby clubs around the world are based on the Barbarians model of an invitational scratch team, including
Barbarian_F.C.
Association football teams representing Europe
football scratch team mainly consisting of players from the UEFA region but, on occasion, players hailing from other continents playing for European teams are
Europe_XI
Association football team representing the world
association football scratch team consisting of players from various countries. The World XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of
World_XI
Association football club in Stoke-on-Trent, England
October 1868, against a scratch team brought together for the occasion by E.W May. Harry Almond captained the Stoke Ramblers team and also scored the club's
Stoke_City_F.C.
Visual programming language
age and without any reading or mathematics required. ScratchJr was developed by a collaborative team including Marina Umaschi Bers at Tufts University,
ScratchJr
Association football club in England
September 1896 between Reading and A Roston Bourke's XI. The visitors were a scratch team from Holloway College. £44 was taken on the gate, with an attendance
Reading_F.C.
Association football team of Paris, France
The Paris football team (French: Équipe de Paris Île-de-France de football) is an association football scratch team mainly consisting of players from Paris
Paris_football_team
Men's association football team
the Brazil team as El Scratch or Scratch du Oro (The Scratch), among others. In the 2022 World Cup, FIFA's YouTube channel referred to the team as Samba
Brazil_national_football_team
Historic ice skating rink in Adelaide, South Australia
the Scratch Team in the first quarter. In the last quarter the Rink team scored 2 goals to tie up the game and the game ended in a 2–2 draw. The Teams were
Adelaide_Glaciarium
Art of manipulating sound using turntables
you're just having to mix on two turntables and you scratch, you're a DJ scratching... you’re a scratch DJ… the turntablist - this is the person performing
Turntablism
New Zealand track cyclist (born 2003)
medallist at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the women's scratch race. Fowler was born on 13 January 2003, the youngest of three children
Prudence_Fowler
British cyclist (born 1995)
World Championships in the team pursuit, and has multiple silver and bronze medals in the team pursuit, madison, scratch race and omnium disciplines
Oliver_Wood_(cyclist)
Islands have not made an appearance at any of the World Cups. In 1924 a scratch team of Rarotongan boys, including the late Sir Albert Henry, played the All
Cook Islands national rugby union team
Cook_Islands_national_rugby_union_team
18th century English cricket team
R. Leigh's XI was a scratch cricket team formed by the businessman Richard Leigh, who promoted matches in the 1790s. Leigh was the father of the 1800s
R._Leigh's_XI
Men's professional wrestling championship
was the WWE scratch logo and at the bottom was a banner that read "Tag Team" on one line and "Champions" below that; above the Tag Team banner read "World
World Tag Team Championship (WWE)
World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)
Association football club in England
the game in these theatres of war, taking on as 'British XI' various scratch teams assembled by, among others, King Farouk of Egypt in Cairo and Polish
Bolton_Wanderers_F.C.
Football club
and the earliest reference to a match is a defeat in May 1884 to a scratch team of Mr C. Young. The remoteness of the town meant it was difficult to
List of minor Scottish Cup entrants (1873–1894)
List_of_minor_Scottish_Cup_entrants_(1873–1894)
1977 novel by George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman was a good cricket bowler at school, Brown invites him to join a scratch team of Old Rugbeians Brown is organising, to play in a cricket match at Lord's
Flashman's_Lady
English cyclist (born 1992)
who specialised in track endurance events. These included the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, and madison disciplines. She won six Olympic medals during
Laura_Kenny
American cyclist (born 1994)
Cycling World Cup 2nd Team pursuit, Cali 3rd Scratch, Cali Independence Day Grand Prix 2nd Scratch 3rd Individual pursuit 2016 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track
Jennifer_Valente
The Men's scratch competition at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 23 October 2025. The race was started at 19:55. First rider
2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
2025_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Men's_scratch
Italian racing cyclist
Junior Championships 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit UEC European Junior Championships 1st Team pursuit 1st Scratch 2nd Keirin 2nd Scratch, National Junior Championships
Martina_Fidanza
Track cycling championships
race results Men's individual pursuit Men's team pursuit Men's scratch results Men's sprint results Men's team sprint results Men's 1 km time trial results
2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2018_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships
Football club in Spain active between 1892 and 1900
Foot-Ball de Barcelona (Spanish: Barcelona Football Society) was a football scratch team that existed between 1892 and 1896, mainly consisting of players from
English Colony of Barcelona Football Team
English_Colony_of_Barcelona_Football_Team
American professional bowler and bowling coach
about 250 pins. 2011 USBC Women's Championships Scratch Team Champion 2014 USBC Championships Diamond Team Champion Other bowling highlights include a fifth-place
Shannon_O'Keefe
The Men's scratch competition at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 3 August 2023. The race was started at 20:27. First rider
2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
2023_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Men's_scratch
American basketball coach
basketball coach. In 2023 he created from scratch the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie men's basketball team. Lynch is from Erie, Pennsylvania. He
Matt_Lynch_(basketball)
Association football team of Paris, France
Northern France football team (French: Équipe du Nord de football), nicknamed Lions of Flanders, is a regional football scratch team representing the Northern
Northern_France_football_team
Belgian racing cyclist (born 1990)
Sprint 1st Scratch 2nd Points race 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Omnium 2007 National Championships 1st 500m time trial 1st Sprint 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit
Jolien_D'Hoore
British cyclist (born 1996)
Manchester 1st Scratch Race - Round 4 – Glasgow 2nd Scratch Race - Round 3, London 2016 UCI Track World Cup 1st Team pursuit (Glasgow) 2nd Team pursuit (Hong
Emily_Nelson
South Australian pastoralist
taken his wife and children back to Adelaide by ship, he picked up a scratch team of Graham, Cox, Haldane and Brown (a former Adelaide policeman) to drove
Charles_Christian_Dutton
Association football club in Dunbartonshire, Scotland
part in a demonstration game at the Ulster Cricket Ground against a scratch team of local players in one of the earliest competitive football matches
Lenzie_F.C.
English cricketer (1889–1971)
appearance there in the match between a touring side from India and a scratch team from Sri Lanka. And the following winter, he made a second single first-class
Bill_Greswell
Football club in Spain active between 1899 and 1900
Team Anglès or English Colony Team, was a football scratch team based in Barcelona, Spain, which existed only during the year 1900, playing a total of
Team_Anglès
The Men's scratch competition at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 13 October 2022. The race was started at 20:49. First rider
2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
2022_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Men's_scratch
Mexican cyclist
Continental Team A.R. Monex. She won at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games the points race and won silver in the team pursuit and scratch. She represented
Lizbeth_Salazar
Russian cyclist (born 1988)
who last rode for UCI Women's Team Cogeas–Mettler–Look. 2005 2nd Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships 3rd Scratch, UCI Junior World Championships
Evgeniya_Augustinas
American cyclist (born 1994)
track cyclist. 2019 1st Team pursuit, National Championships 2021 1st Team pursuit, National Championships 2022 1st Scratch race, Pan American Championships
Grant_Koontz
Cuban cyclist (born 1979)
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 1st Scratch, Sydney 3rd Scratch, Beijing 3rd Team pursuit, Beijing 2nd Team sprint, Pan American Track Championships
Yumari_González
UK musical group
The Scratch Perverts are a British turntablist DJs formed in 1996 by Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and DJ Renegade. World DMC team champions in both 1999 and
Scratch_Perverts
Australian independent-animated web series
Miss Information (voiced by Elsie Lovelock), a human member of the Syntax Scratch (voiced by AmaLee), a deceased resident of Kit's world Orph (voiced by
Gameoverse
Dumbarton 1889–90 football season
against local county side, Kirkintilloch Athletic. A scratch side was fielded with seven first team regulars missing and only McLeod of the demised Dumbarton
1889–90_Dumbarton_F.C._season
British cyclist
(with Ben Wiggins) 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Scratch National Championships 1st Derny 2nd Scratch 3rd Team pursuit UEC European Junior Championships 2nd
Matthew_Brennan_(cyclist)
The Women's scratch competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 October 2021. The race was started at 19:35. First rider
2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
2021_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Women's_scratch
American basketball player and analyst (born 1972)
on October 20, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010. There was some head-scratching before it was divined that O'Neal meant "cheat" and not something either
Shaquille_O'Neal
The Women's scratch competition at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 16 October 2024. The race was started at 19:00. First rider
2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
2024_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Women's_scratch
Portuguese bicycle racer (born 1996)
Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. He competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Rui_Oliveira
1912 military exercise
superior organisation and training, whilst Grierson's were more of a scratch team. The Staff of the Red Army were the Aldershot command, who were accustomed
Army_Manoeuvres_of_1912
Colombian cyclist (born 1980)
Championships 1st omnium, Pan American Road and Track Championships 3rd scratch, Pan American Road and Track Championships 2010 1st omnium, Pan American
Carlos_Urán
Australian cyclist (born 1996)
Welsford won the 2019 UCI Men's elite Scratch race world championships less than an hour after breaking the Men's team pursuit World Record in a time of 3
Sam_Welsford
Austrian cyclist
Continental team Tirol KTM Cycling Team. He won a silver medal in the scratch race at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships. 2019 2nd Scratch, UEC European
Tim_Wafler
Belgian cycling team
Kelly Druyts Belgium Track (Scratch Race), Gilke Croket Belgium Track (Team Pursuit), Stephanie De Croock Belgium Track (Team Pursuit), Gilke Croket Belgium
Experza–Footlogix Ladies Cycling Team
Experza–Footlogix_Ladies_Cycling_Team
Portuguese cyclist (born 1998)
Oliveira) 2nd Omnium 1st Scratch, UEC European Championships 2025 UEC European Championships 1st Points race 1st Scratch 3rd Scratch, UCI World Championships
Iúri_Leitão
Dutch cyclist (born 1999)
victory at Gent–Wevelgem. On the track, Wiebes became world champion in the scratch race at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and European champion
Lorena_Wiebes
French cyclist (born 1987)
2009 1st Scratch, UCI World Championships National Championships 1st Scratch 1st Madison (with Kévin Fouache) 3rd Team pursuit 2010 1st Scratch, UCI World
Morgan_Kneisky
The Women's scratch race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the cycling programme, took place on 8 April 2018. Final results[dead link]
Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's scratch race
Cycling_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_–_Women's_scratch_race
Ukrainian cyclist (born 1994)
Continental Team Lviv Cycling Team. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. 2013 Panevezys 3rd Keirin 3rd Omnium 2014 2nd Scratch, Grand
Tetyana_Klimchenko
Dutch racing cyclist (born 1982)
Track Champions League 1st Scratch, London I 3rd Omnium, Summer Olympics Wild was the last three times part of the 3000 m team pursuit squad when they established
Kirsten_Wild
The Women's scratch competition at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 22 October 2025. The race was started at 19:00. First rider
2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
2025_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Women's_scratch
The Women's scratch competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 February 2020. The race was started at 19:58. First rider
2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
2020_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_–_Women's_scratch
Northern Irish golfer (born 1989)
was two years old. His father was a golfer himself, who once played at a scratch handicap level. On his mother's side, McIlroy's uncle Mickey McDonald was
Rory_McIlroy
British racing cyclist
road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Netcompany INEOS. Swift won the scratch race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Ben_Swift
Venezuelan cyclist
Grand Prix 2014 3rd Team pursuit, South American Games 2016 National Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Scratch 2017 3rd Scratch, Pan American Championships
Clever_Martínez
Canadian cyclist (born 1995)
American Track Cycling Championships in the scratch and at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit also setting the Canadian Record
Aidan_Caves
Swiss cyclist (born 1987)
medal in the scratch at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. 2009 1st Stage 4 Tour de Berlin 2015 2nd Scratch, UEC European
Tristan_Marguet
Belgian cyclist (born 2005)
European Championships 3rd Elimination, UCI World Championships 2026 1st Scratch, UEC European Championships "HESTERS Helene". Retrieved 17 September 2024
Hélène_Hesters
Belarusian cycling team
forbidden from competing in international events. 2021 Belarus Track (Scratch race), Ina Savenka Belarus Track (Elimination race), Aksana Salauyeva "UCI
Ferei–CCN_(women's_team)
Cycling competition
The men's scratch competition at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships was held on 7 October 2021. First rider across the line without a net lap loss
2021 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch
2021_UEC_European_Track_Championships_–_Men's_scratch
Intercalated Games of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams. Although the IOC considers the 1900 and 1904 tournaments to be official
Football at the Summer Olympics
Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics
Dutch professional cyclist
the track in the scratch race in 2008. She became Road World Champion in 2012, 2013 and 2016 with her respective trade teams in the team time trial and
Ellen_van_Dijk
4th episode of the 12th season of Comedy Playhouse
to pass off the soldiers as a scratch team drawn from his crew and win bets on them; he almost gambles away the team's and his ship's paychest on the
The_General_Danced_at_Dawn
French footballer, manager, and referee
Desrousseaux became the manager of the Northern France football team, a scratch team representing the Northern Committee of the Union des Sociétés Françaises
Fernand_Desrousseaux
Canadian cyclist (born 2003)
cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team NSN Development Team. He notably won the scratch race at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Dylan_Bibic
2022 American drama limited series
From Scratch is an American romance drama television miniseries created by Attica Locke and Tembi Locke for Netflix. Inspired by Tembi Locke's memoir
From_Scratch_(TV_series)
Welsh racing cyclist (born 1994)
she secured silver in the points race and bronze in the scratch race. She won gold in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships in
Elinor_Barker
American actress and writer (born 1982)
P-Valley (2020), and the miniseries Station Eleven (2021–2022) and From Scratch (2022). In 2025, Time magazine named Deadwyler one of the 100 most influential
Danielle_Deadwyler
Former football stadium in Reading, Berkshire, England
the Referees' Association Arthur Roston Bourke. The visitors were a scratch team from Holloway College and thus not registered with the Football Association
Elm_Park_(stadium)
Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team was a scratch cricket team formed in Rangoon, Burma. The team played a single first-class match in January 1927 at the Gymkhana
Rangoon_Gymkhana_cricket_team
Dutch cyclist (born 1985)
Track Championships 1st Scratch 2nd Points race 04–05 UCI World Cup Classics 1st Scratch, Sydney 2nd Team pursuit, Moscow 3rd Scratch, UEC European Under-23
Wim_Stroetinga
2002 studio album by the X-Ecutioners
Built from Scratch is the second studio album by New York City DJ group the X-Ecutioners. It was released on February 26, 2002, through Loud Records and
Built_from_Scratch
Welsh racing cyclist
represented the Welsh team at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games on several occasions, the first time in 1954 in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and
Don_Skene
depleted Grafton side due to the war. Grafton field what was said to be a "scratch team" with just one senior player and were trounced 43-0. Ernie Asher converted
1917 Auckland Rugby League season
1917_Auckland_Rugby_League_season
Bicycle racing ranking system
disciplines: individual pursuit, points race, scratch, sprint, time trial, keirin, omnium (since 2010–11), team pursuit, team sprint and madison. The madison ranking
UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Ranking
Football club
match in 1886 against the local pantomime actors seems to have been a scratch team using the name as a pun, as the contemporary Garrick Cricket Club was
Garrick_F.C.
Town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
part in a demonstration game at the Ulster Cricket Ground against a scratch team of local players in one of the earliest competitive football matches
Lenzie
English footballer
captained a 'fairly strong' scratch team called The Casuals against Westminster School in November 1880, winning 3–2. His team was drawn from Clapham Rovers
Clopton_Lloyd-Jones
The women's scratch competition at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships was held on 1 February 2026. First rider across the line without a net lap
2026 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch
2026_UEC_European_Track_Championships_–_Women's_scratch
Chinese footballer (1910–1986)
season; Eastern in 1939–40, 1940–41 and 1941–42 season as well as the scratch team of South China in May 1941 for off-season friendlies. His career was
Hsu_King-shing
Australian cyclist (born 1992)
She finished first in the Teams Pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the Scratch Race UCI Junior Track World
Amy_Cure
Zealand would take part, but the team withdrew shortly before the start of the tournament. They were replaced by a scratch team, the Pacific Island Barbarians
New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team
New_Zealand_national_wheelchair_rugby_league_team
Magical beings in Marvel Comics
Four, but became allies to both. All seven are the children of Nicholas Scratch and the grandchildren of Agatha Harkness. They are witches and warlocks
Salem's_Seven
SCRATCH TEAM
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Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : ethnic name for someone from Scotland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Walter, representing the normal medieval pronunciation of the name.English and German (Rhineland) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stretch of water, Middle English, Low German water.Irish : adopted as an English translation of Gaelic Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), being wrongly taken as Ó Fuaruisce ‘son of cold water’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rochford.English : variant of Rackford, a habitational name from Rackenford in Devon, recorded in Domesday Book as Racheneforda, which Mills interprets as ‘ford suitable for riding, by a stretch of river’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English lang ‘long’ + feld ‘stretch of open country’, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Langfield in Kent.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Male
Arthurian
, (Sir), a Scotch knight.
Boy/Male
Hawaiian
A Maui demigod who could take the form of a rope and stretch from Molokai to Hawaii.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English strech, strecche ‘strong’, ‘violent’.
Biblical
Ecclesiasticus or the Sirach = Joshua, Joshua, saviour, or whose help is Jehovah Jehovah, I am; the eternal living one Jehovah, self-subsisting
Boy/Male
Tamil
Autumn, Super boy, Complete or meaningful
Boy/Male
Native American
Screech owl spirit.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Midlands)
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Midlands) : topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a stretch of water or perhaps a moated house, from Middle English water ‘water’ + hous ‘house’.Richard Waterhouse, a tanner from Yorkshire, England, emigrated to Portsmouth, NH, in 1669.
Girl/Female
Native American
To catch up with.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Crewe in Cheshire, named with Old Welsh criu ‘weir’. This denoted a wickerwork fence that was stretched across a river to catch fish.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Moon Light in Sarath Ruthuvu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Autumn, Super boy, Complete or meaningful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Sun
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name KOTORI means "screech owl spirit."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Non Violence Movement; Catch; Fasting
SCRATCH TEAM
SCRATCH TEAM
Girl/Female
Latin
Jewel.
Boy/Male
Indian
Brilliant, Shining, Moons light, Lamp
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London (formerly Esses), recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site (Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or where wagons (Old English wǣn) are kept’, but more likely from Winestead in East Yorkshire, named from Old English wīf ‘wife’ or a female personal name Wīfa + stede ‘homestead’.
Biblical
flowing with honey; the land of destruction;honey-sweet;corpulent;
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Beautiful
Boy/Male
English
From the thicket.
Female
African
hope.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sky
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Magnificent; Splendid
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English
From the People's Meadow; From a Surname and Place Name Derived from the Old English; Diminutive of Dudley
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n.
One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
n.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
v. t.
To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
n.
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.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scratch
v. t.
To scratch.
n.
Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
v. i.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
v. i.
To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
v. t.
To scratch.
n.
Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
v. t.
To exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's credit.
v. t. & v. i.
To scranch; to crunch.
a.
Characterized by scratches.
v. t.
To cause to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the wings.
n.
A screech.
v.
To scratch.
imp. & p. p.
of Scratch
v. t.
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.