Synonyms:
economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
Scots, Scottish, Scotch
Meaning: of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Scotch, Scotch_whiskey, Scotch_whisky, malt_whiskey, malt_whisky, Scotch_malt_whiskey, Scotch_malt_whisky
Meaning: whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
Synonyms:
score, scotch
Meaning: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
scotch
Meaning: make a small cut or score into
Synonyms:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
Meaning: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
Usage examples
2.--Haggis (SCOTCH).
Scotch songs are always charming.'
Presently a man came out of the mews in a Scotch cap and a full beard.
"I respect the Scotch, sir; I love and honour the nation for their sense of morality.
But a second cousin o' mine, a drovier, was a rare hand at remembering the Scotch tunes.
"There," said my companion, "comes the storm-breeder; he always leaves a Scotch mist behind him.
There were lots of debating clubs in the Scotch capital at that time, and Scott was a member of several.
The form in use was what we now call the Highland or Scotch pipes--slung from the shoulder: the bag inflated by the mouth.
Feldman operated with a pocketknife sterilized in a bottle of expensive Scotch and only anodyne tablets in place of anesthesia.
"Why, the Scotch tunes are just like a scolding, nagging woman," Bartle went on, without deigning to notice Mr. Craig's remark.