SCRATCHING Synonyms

• an unforeseen obstacle

• the act of rubbing or wiping

• move over something with pressure

• cause friction

• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• erosion by friction

• the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

• informal terms for money

• a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

• food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

• informal terms for money

• cover with bread crumbs

• any of various types of cabbage

• informal terms for money

• any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

• make off with belongings of others

• poor handwriting

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

• make up for

• declare null and void; make ineffective

• remove or make invisible

• make invalid for use

• soreness and warmth caused by friction

• anger produced by some annoying irritation

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

• feel extreme irritation or anger

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

• cause friction

• warm by rubbing, as with the hands

• informal terms for money

• an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• make a depression into

• informal terms for money

• a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

• informal terms for money

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

• impress or affect deeply

• carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block

• carve or cut a design or letters into

• a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• levy an excise tax on

• remove by cutting

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• severe censure

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• a noisy fight

• wear away by rubbing

• cause friction

• agitation resulting from active worry

• a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

• an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)

• a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

• worry unnecessarily or excessively

• be agitated or irritated

• provide (a musical instrument) with frets

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

• cause annoyance in

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• carve a pattern into

• decorate with an interlaced design

• be too tight; rub or press

• cause friction

• remove soil or rock

• wear away or erode

• informal terms for money