Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which scratches.
- noun An instrument for marking trees, usually a hook-like gouge fastened to a flat elliptical iron hoop with wooden handle-plates on the opposite side from the gouge. Also called bark-blazer, cruiser's bark-blazer, tree-scribe, and bark-gouge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zoöl.), any rasorial bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
scratches . - noun A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an
itch . - noun lottery A
scratch card . - noun zoology Any
rasorial bird .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- noun a device used for scratching
- noun a workman who uses a tool for scratching
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another head scratcher is observed upon entering Oaxaca state, along the beaches.
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Another head scratcher is observed upon entering Oaxaca state, along the beaches.
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Another head scratcher is observed upon entering Oaxaca state, along the beaches.
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The neat part of that scratcher is the opening is only on one side so when it gets worn you can reverse the cardboard.
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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I've even found that both of our pets love it as a back-scratcher, which is the equivalent of crack to them.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
oroboros commented on the word scratcher
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May 9, 2008