(baseball) A weakly hit ground ball that eludes the infielders and leads to a base hit.

plural of scratch hit

(archaic, slang) Not much good; something of little value or importance.

(of appliances and the like) New but cosmetically damaged during handling.

(chiefly Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.

Alternative form of cat-scratch fever

(idiomatic) To puzzle, ponder, or wonder about something.

(informal) To do someone a favour.

(medicine) A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis

simple past tense and past participle of scratch one's head