scotch

Adjective

• 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
    

• 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'
    

Noun

• whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

• a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

Verb

• make a small cut or score into

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
    
  • foil your opponent
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  economical , frugal , sparing , stinting , Scots , Scottish , Scotch , Scotch whiskey , Scotch whisky , malt whiskey , malt whisky , Scotch malt whiskey , Scotch malt whisky , score , thwart , queer , spoil , foil , cross , frustrate , baffle , bilk