scritch

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skrɪtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

scritch

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

     Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch:

     For what can aid the mastiff bitch ?

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To screech.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. To scratch an itch.