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- Dictionaryscotch/skäCH/
verb
- 1. decisively put an end to: "a spokesman has scotched the rumors"
- 2. wedge (someone or something) somewhere: "he soon scotched himself against a wall"
noun
- 1. a wedge placed under a wheel or other rolling object to prevent it moving or slipping. archaic
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SCOTCH definition: 1. to prevent something from being believed or being done: 2. a type of whisky (= a strong…. Learn more.
Jan 6, 2015 · noun (1) 1. : scots. 2. plural in construction: the people of Scotland. 3. often not capitalized: whiskey distilled in Scotland especially from malted barley. called alsoScotch whisky. Scotch. 3 of 7. trademark.
Don't get your hopes up: The verb to scotch has nothing to do with the well-known liquor. Instead, it means to prevent or stop something from happening. To scotch is, most often, to prevent plans, efforts, or desires — as opposed to things — from coming about.
verb. tr to block, prop, or prevent from moving with or as if with a wedge. noun.
n. 1. A surface cut or abrasion. 2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch. [Middle English scocchen, to cut, perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher, to notch : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French coche, notch (probably from Latin coccum, scarlet oak berry, from Greek kokkos ).] scotch 2. (skŏch)
verb. If you scotch a rumour, plan, or idea, you put an end to it before it can develop any further. They have scotched rumours that they are planning a special London show. [VERB noun] ...but local residents are trying to scotch plans to add an extra terminal. [VERB noun] Synonyms: put an end to, destroy, smash, devastate More Synonyms of scotch.
SCOTCH meaning: 1. to prevent something from being believed or being done: 2. a type of whisky (= a strong…. Learn more.
SCOTCH meaning: to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something.
Definition of scotch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Scotch. noun. /skɒtʃ/. /skɑːtʃ/. [uncountable] the type of whisky made in Scotland. a bottle of Scotch. Topics Drinks c2. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
