scratch

IPA: skrˈætʃ

A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
(sports)
A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
(billiards) An aberration.
A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
(archaic, US, slang) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
(horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
(meiosis) A minor injury.
(slang) Money.
A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
(in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
(now historical) A scratch wig.
(music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
(programming) A free educational visual programming language developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.
A surname.

To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
(of a surface) to get such scratches
To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.
(music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
(billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
(billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
(transitive, intransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
(swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
(computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.

Examples of "scratch" in Sentences

Starting from scratch is what many hospitals have been doing.
Designing a website from scratch is always a major undertaking.
If its a cinderblock wall, which scratch is in for a great smack.
Not going to buy it ... * scratch scratch* ... not going to buy it.
Later he was roused by a "_Scratch, scratch, scratch_" close to him.
'Still, I don't think she ought to call it "scratch" when she's got an
There is what they call the scratch line, and when the dog crosses that line he is “scratched,” meaning he has full intent to get involved in the fight.
Now you didn't want to write test data all over your good important data so before running a diagnostic you would replace the production disk (or tape) with what we called a scratch disk (or scratch tape).
Like your friend, my wife built our San Cristóbal house basically from scratch from a ruin in a great part of the historic centro and we have made serious modifications to the Ajijic house including a large new wing which has become our favorite part of the house, a brand new kitchen, installation of extensive colonial windows throughout in a house with virtually no windows when we purchased it.