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How to use scotch in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun, verb

Scotch means a surface cut or abrasion. Example: “The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.”

Examples of scotch by meaning

nounA block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.

  • a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground
  • He was like the scotch in the smooth, happy machinery of the home.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 4, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

verbTo prevent (something) from being successful.

  • The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.

verbTo debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.

  • The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
  • Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive.2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

verbTo block a wheel or other round object.

  • The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
  • Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose.1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto...

More sentences with scotch

  • "Scotch and soda" is a mixture of Scotch whisky and soda water.From the entry soda water
  • Care to join me in a belt of scotch?From the entry belt
  • Scotch will make you a man.From the entry make
  • Another recent addition to the restaurant's menu is 'Asun', a dish that’s made with scotch bonnet peppers and charcoaled goat meat.2022 July 19, Emma Davidson, “Easy Steps To Cook Pepper Meat”, in Manchester's Finest. From the entry asun
  • Let's go get a mangotini or a scotch or something.2021 June 8, Kristan Higgins, “Section 12”, in Pack Up the Moon, Penguin, →ISBN, page 129. From the entry mangotini
  • The weasel drank his scotch like lemonade and before we had even touched upon our topic of interest he ordered another.2011, Joe Thompson-Swift, A Choice of Evils. From the entry drink something like lemonade
  • On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch.2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108. From the entry Gallo
  • “Her dress.” Chantal handed him a fresh scotch and took a sip of the eggnog she'd snagged for herself.2001, Patricia Ryan, “Santa, Baby”, in Naughty Or Nice?: Four Novellas, page 36. From the entry faboo
  • Like scaloppine, scotched collops must not be overcooked or they will take on a texture not unlike dried buffalo.1995, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 183. From the entry scotched collops
  • Beginning with pork and bean shoots mixed with a doughy substance and deep fried — a sort of Asian scotch egg.11 May 1984, The Canberra Times, page 2, column 2. From the entry Vietnamese mint
  • In that he samples a chemistry prof's drink, scotch with a vodka undertone, and proposes a new drink entirely: “Scotchka.”1958, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, edited by…. From the entry Scotchka
  • My own preference when it comes to a substantial meal might be more than just a scotch egg but that’s because I’m a hearty trencherman.2020 December 1, “Scotch egg ‘starter’ rather than substantial meal”, in msn.com. From the entry trencherman
  • You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats.2017, Graham Masterton, The Coven, page 157. From the entry scotched collops
  • Once my gear was packed I was eager to go, and get away from Sydney before Christmas found me bah-humbugging my way through a bottle of scotch.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 127. From the entry bah humbug
  • A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC. From the entry summer

Meaning of scotch

  1. noun A surface cut or abrasion.
  2. noun A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
  3. noun A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.

Full definition of scotch

Questions about scotch in a sentence

How do you use scotch in a sentence?
Scotch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.”
What is a short sentence with scotch?
“Scotch will make you a man.”
What does scotch mean?
Scotch means a surface cut or abrasion.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scotch (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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