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Synonyms for "scotch" in English

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scotch:
- frugal; sparing; economical; scotch; stinting
- score; scotch
- scotch; cross; spoil; foil; queer; thwart; baffle; frustrate; bilk

English

Detailed Synonyms for scotch in English

scotch:

scotch adj

scotch

– avoiding waste ¹
frugal; sparing; economical; scotch; stinting
– avoiding waste ¹
- frugal adj
  - a frugal farmer¹
  - a frugal lunch¹
- sparing adj
  - a sparing father and a spending son¹
  - sparing in their use of heat and light¹
- economical adj
  - an economical meal¹
  - an economical shopper¹
- scotch adj
  - `scotch' is used only informally¹
- stinting adj
  - stinting in bestowing gifts¹

scotch [the ~] nom

the scotch

– a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) ¹
the score; the scotch
– a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) ¹
- score [the ~] nom
- scotch [the ~] nom

scotch verbe

scotch

– make a small cut or score into ¹
scotch
– make a small cut or score into ¹
- scotch verbe
scotch

– hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of ¹
to cross; to spoil; to foil; queer; to thwart; to baffle; to frustrate; bilk; scotch
– hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of ¹
- cross verbe (crosss, crossed, crossing)
- spoil verbe (spoils, spoiled, spoiling)
- foil verbe (foils, foiled, foiling)
  - foil your opponent¹
- queer verbe
- thwart verbe (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
- baffle verbe (baffles, baffled, baffling)
- frustrate verbe (frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)
  - What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge¹
- bilk verbe
- scotch verbe

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Related Definitions for "scotch":

avoiding waste¹
- `scotch' is used only informally¹
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)¹
make a small cut or score into¹
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of¹

Related Synonyms for scotch

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