Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scotch
Participle: scotched
Gerund: scotching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scotch |
| you | scotch |
| he;she;it | scotches |
| we | scotch |
| you | scotch |
| they | scotch |
Perfect
| I | have scotched |
| you | have scotched |
| he;she;it | has scotched |
| we | have scotched |
| you | have scotched |
| they | have scotched |
Past
| I | scotched |
| you | scotched |
| he;she;it | scotched |
| we | scotched |
| you | scotched |
| they | scotched |
Pluperfect
| I | had scotched |
| you | had scotched |
| he;she;it | had scotched |
| we | had scotched |
| you | had scotched |
| they | had scotched |
Future
| I | will scotch |
| you | will scotch |
| he;she;it | will scotch |
| we | will scotch |
| you | will scotch |
| they | will scotch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scotched |
| you | will have scotched |
| he;she;it | will have scotched |
| we | will have scotched |
| you | will have scotched |
| they | will have scotched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scotch |
| you | scotch |
| he;she;it | scotch |
| we | scotch |
| you | scotch |
| they | scotch |
Perfect
| I | have scotched |
| you | have scotched |
| he;she;it | have scotched |
| we | have scotched |
| you | have scotched |
| they | have scotched |
Imperfect
| I | scotched |
| you | scotched |
| he;she;it | scotched |
| we | scotched |
| you | scotched |
| they | scotched |
Pluperfect
| I | had scotched |
| you | had scotched |
| he;she;it | had scotched |
| we | had scotched |
| you | had scotched |
| they | had scotched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scotch |
| you | would scotch |
| he;she;it | would scotch |
| we | would scotch |
| you | would scotch |
| they | would scotch |
Perfect
| I | would have scotched |
| you | would have scotched |
| he;she;it | would have scotched |
| we | would have scotched |
| you | would have scotched |
| they | would have scotched |
Imperative
| you | scotch |
| we | Let's scotch |
| you | scotch |
Verbs conjugated like 'scotch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scotch'
cotch,
scetch,
scooch,
scootch,
scorch,
scouch,
scutch,
blotch,
botch,
catch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to put to death; to extinguish life.
- annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
Sample Sentences
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We have scotched the snake, not killed it. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
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The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
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The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
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Other declassified files from the 1960s show that the Northern Ireland government discussed a proposed tunnel to Scotland. Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive. [2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
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The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose. [1911, Arnold Bennett, The Card: A Story of Adventure in the Five Towns, London: Methuen Publishing, OCLC 492063506; republished Toronto, Ont.: William Briggs, 1910s, OCLC 225424669, page 69]
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Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching