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Scatch
- - A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Scotch
- adjective - a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- 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"
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- make a small cut or score into
- 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 ph
Scutch
- - To beat or whip; to drub.
Sketch
- noun - a brief literary description
- a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
- make a sketch of; "sketch the building"
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"
- short descriptive summary (of events)
Slatch
- - The period of a transitory breeze. (b) An interval of fair weather. (c) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Smatch
- - Taste; tincture; smack.
Smutch
- verb - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Snatch
- noun -
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- obscene terms for female genitals
- seized suddenly
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
- to make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at the butterflies"
- Wrested