Meaning & Definition of Scotch in English

1. A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

2. Whiskey distilled in scotland

• Especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

1. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was ruth's amazing september surge"

• "Foil your opponent"

2. Make a small cut or score into

1. 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'"

2. 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"