Scotch (band)
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
(2) 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
(3) Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
(4) A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
verb
(5) Make a small cut or score into
(6) Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"Foil your opponent"
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- (as a plural noun) The people of Scotland (this usage is currently deprecated by the Scottish themselves).
- The Scottish dialect of English.
- Whisky made in Scotland
- Vahag has drunk a lot of scotch.
- Any variety of Scotch.
- A glass of Scotch.
Synonyms
- (people of Scotland): Scots, Scottish
- (Scottish dialect): Scots, Scots English, Scottish
- (whisk(e)y): malt, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky
Proper noun
- A brand of transparent adhesive tape manufactured by 3M.
Synonyms
- adhesive tape, Scotch tape, Sellotape (a different brand), sticky tape
Usage notes
- Scotch is a trademark of 3M (see http://www.3m.com/legal.jhtml) and so should always be spelled with an initial capital.