Scotch meaning

Scotch as an adjective

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
   • Scots Gaelic
   • the Scots community in New York
   • `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'
   • `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'

   Synonyms: Scots, Scottish

   Related forms: Scotland

2. avoiding waste
   • 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 Depression
   • `scotch' is used only informally

   Synonyms: economical, frugal, sparing, stinting

   Similar: thrifty

Scotch as a noun

1. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

   Synonyms: score

   Type of: incision

2. whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

   Synonyms: Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky

   Type of: whiskey

   Kinds: Drambuie

Scotch as a verb

1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
   • foil your opponent

   Synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

   Type of: prevent

   Kinds: disappoint, dash, short-circuit, ruin

2. make a small cut or score into

   Type of: score

How to pronounce Scotch

Scotch is pronounced /skɒtʃ/ in British English and /skɑtʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with Scotch

• watch
• notch
• swatch
• botch
• crotch
• troche