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scotch
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Adjective
  • 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
  • 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'
Noun
  • whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
  • a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
Verb
  • make a small cut or score into
  • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
    • foil your opponent
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