what does Scotch mean?
SCOTCH as NOUN
- Meaning
- whiskey distilled in Scotland
- especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
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Hypernyms(s) Scotch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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Hypernyms(s) scotch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SCOTCH as VERB
- Meaning
- make a small cut or score into
Hypernyms(s) scotch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
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- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’’s amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
Hypernyms(s) scotch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SCOTCH as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
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- an economical meal
- an economical shopper
- a frugal farmer
- a frugal lunch
- a sparing father and a spending son
- sparing in their use of heat and light
- stinting in bestowing gifts
- thrifty because they remember the great De
Similar To
- 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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- Scots gaelic
- the Scots community in New York
- `Scottish” tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony” or `Scottis
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