(transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially. / (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful. / (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.

Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”)

Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”)

Scotch tape

(transitive, Australian rhyming slang) To rape.

A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

(sometimes proscribed) Scottish

plural of Scot

A tam o'shanter. / A variety of hot chilli pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense). / A fairy ring mushroom (genus Marasmius). / The sea snail Semicassis granulata.

Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.