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scratcher

noun

Etymology

From scratch + -er.

  1. derived from scratten — “to scratch”
  2. inherited from scracchen
  3. suffixed as scratcher — “scratch + er”

Definitions

  1. Someone who scratches.

  2. A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.

  3. An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be…

    An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.

    • Near-synonym: scratching post
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A scratch card.

    2. A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).

      • Near-synonym: pallet

    3. Any rasorial bird.

    4. A counterfeiter.

      • “I’m what they used to call a scratcher,” the Ukrainian said. “Dupes, counterfeits, identification. Turn wrong names right.”

    5. An unlicensed tattoo artist.

    6. A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.

    7. A user of the Scratch visual programming language.

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Derived

back scratcher, booty scratcher, head scratcher

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scratcher. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA