scratch
scratched,
verb
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8. Sports & Games. To withdraw (an entry) from a contest.
noun
2. A hasty scribble.
3. A sound made by scratching.
4. a. Sports. The starting line for a race. b. Sports & Games. A contestant who has been withdrawn from a competition.
5. Games. a. The act of scratching in billiards. b. A fluke or chance shot in billiards.
6. Poultry feed.
7. Slang. Money.
adjective
from scratch
From the very beginning.
up to scratch Informal
[Middle English scracchen, probably blend of scratten, to scratch cracchen, to scratch (possibly from Middle Dutch cratsen).]