scritch

scritch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

scritch (plural scritches)

1. (obsolete) a screech
   • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel

     Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch:

     For what can aid the mastiff bitch ?

2. (obsolete, Britain, dialectal) A thrush.

Verb

scritch (third-person singular simple present scritches, present participle scritching, simple past and past participle scritched)

1. (obsolete) To screech.

Etymology 2

Variant of scratch.

Verb

scritch (third-person singular simple present scritches, present participle scritching, simple past and past participle scritched)

1. To make a light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing.
2. To scratch an itch.

Noun

scritch (plural scritches)

1. A light scratching sound, like a small animal burrowing.