(prizefighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest. / (figuratively, colloquial) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely.

(archaic) A combat requiring arduous effort.

A copy of the edited workprint of a film made for such purposes as scoring or dubbing.

present participle of scratch together

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scratch together

plural of scratch-comma

plural of scratch comma

(typography, historical) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.

(typography, historical) Alternative form of scratch comma.

plural of scratch-off