scotch

nouns

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

score, scotch

verbs

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

make a small cut or score into

scotch

is a type of (narrower)

make small marks into the surface of

"score the clay before firing it"

mark, nock, score

adjectives

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"

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting