scratch
nouns
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
is derived from
informal terms for money
boodle,
bread,
cabbage,
clams,
dinero,
dough,
gelt,
kale,
lettuce,
lolly,
loot,
lucre,
moolah,
pelf,
scratch,
shekels,
simoleons,
sugar,
wampum
a competitor who has withdrawn from competition
is a type of (narrower)
the contestant you hope to defeat
"he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
dry mash for poultry
a harsh noise made by scraping
"the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
is derived from
(golf) a handicap of zero strokes
"a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course"
verbs
cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"
is derived from
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
"Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
gather (money or other resources) together over time
"She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
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