1. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   "the news might scotch our plans for the weekend";
   - thwart, queer [informal], spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk [informal], scupper [informal]
    
2. Put an end to
   "The CEO quickly scotched rumours of his resignation"
    
3. [archaic] Make a small cut or score into
   "He scotched the leather to create a pattern"

1. A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
   "He made a scotch on the wood to mark where to cut";
   - score

1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
   "Scotch Gaelic";
   - Scots, Scottish

1. Whisky distilled in Scotland; especially whisky made from malted barley in a pot still
   "He collected rare single malt Scotch";
   - Scotch whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], Scotch whisky, malt whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], Scotch malt whisky, malt

Derived forms: scotches, scotching, Scotches, scotched

Type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, incision, mark, preclude, prevent, prick, score, scratch, slit, usquebaugh [UK, Ireland, dialect], whiskey [N. Amer, Ireland], whisky

Part of: Rob Roy

Encyclopedia: Scotch