SCRATCH - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce scratch? This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of scratch by male and female speakers. In addition, it explains the meaning of scratch through a dictionary definition and several visual examples. IPA Transcription of scratch is /skrˈætʃ/. Definition of scratch according to Wiktionary: scratch can be a verb, a noun, an adjective or a name As a verb scratch can mean: 1. To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc. 2. To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching. 3. To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun). 4. To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page. 5. To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching). 6. To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table. 7. To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game. 8. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl. 9. To dig or excavate with the claws. 10. To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure. As a noun scratch can mean: 1. A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching. 2. An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation. 3. Money. 4. A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens. 5. Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. 6. A scratch wig. 7. A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi. As an adjective scratch can mean: 1. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work. 2. Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation. 3. Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use. 4. (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability. As a name scratch can mean: 1. A free educational visual programming language developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. 2. Surname. If you'd like to test your pronunciation of scratch, check out Accent Hero's real-time pronunciation feedback tool: https://accenthero.com/app/pronunciat... or our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...