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- Dictionaryscotch/skɒtʃ/
verb
- 1. decisively put an end to: "a spokesman has scotched the rumours"
- 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 · The meaning of SCOTCH is scottish. How to use Scotch in a sentence.
to put a definite end to; crush; stamp out; foil: to scotch a rumor; to scotch a plan. to cut, gash, or score. to injure so as to make harmless. to block or prop with a wedge or chock.
To scotch is, most often, to prevent plans, efforts, or desires — as opposed to things — from coming about. You wouldn't say, for example, "turning off the flame is one way to scotch the steak." But you might say, "Our plans for spending the weekend camping in the mountains were scotched by the blizzard.
adjective. 1. of Scottish origin; resembling or regarded as characteristic of Scotland or the Scottish people (used outside Scotland) Scotch plaid. 2. sometimes offensive Scottish (sense 1) 3. (usually lc) informal. frugal; provident; thrifty. noun. 4. (used with a pl. v.) sometimes offensive.
Scotch whisky (Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha na h-Alba; Scots: whisky/whiskie or whusk(e)y), often simply called whisky or Scotch, is malt whisky or grain whisky (or a blend of the two), made in Scotland. The first known written mention of Scotch whisky is in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland of 1494.
SCOTCH meaning: to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something.
Definition of Scotch noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of scotch verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun scotch, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in eastern English regional dialect.
